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Thread #129086   Message #2896143
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Apr-10 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Children, We All Shall Be Free
No. 6 Children, We All Shall Be Free

Chorus:
Children, we all shall be free,
Children, we all shall be free,
Children, we all shall be free,
When the Lord shall appear.

1
We want no cowards in our band,
That from their colors fly,
We call for valiant-hearted men,
That are not afraid to die.
2
We see the pilgrim as he lies,
With glory in his soul;
To Heaven he lifts his longing eyes,
And bids this world adieu.
3
Give ease to the sick, give sight to the blind,
Enable the cripple to walk;
He'll raise the dead from under the earth,
And give them permission to fly.

"The words, "On Jordan's stormy banks I stand," are sometimes sung to this strain."