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Thread #41725 Message #2936667
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Jun-10 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: I God Shoes/Shout All Over God's Heaven
Subject: Lyr. Add: Goin' to Shout
Lyr. Add: Goin' to Shout William Arms Fisher
(Joyfully but not too fast) I got a robe, you got a robe, All of God's children got a robe; When I get to heav'n goin' to put on my robe, Goin' to shout all over God's heav'n-
Refrain Heav'n,- heav'n,- Ev'rybody talkin' 'bout heav'n ain't goin' there- Heav'n,- heav'n,- Goin' to shout all over God's heav'n.
I got a harp, you got a harp, All of God's children got a harp; When I get to heav'n goin' to play on my harp, Goin' to play all over God's heavn-
Refrain Heav'n,- heav'n,- Ev'rybody talkin' 'bout heav'n ain't goin' there, Heav'n,- heav'n,- Goin' to play all over God's heav'n.
I got a shoes, you got a shoes, All of God's children got a shoes; When I get to heav'n goin' to put on my shoes, Goin' to walk all over God's heav'n.-
Refrain Ev'rybody talkin', etc. Goin' to walk all over God's heav'n.
Complete musical score for voice and piano, pp. 41-45.
William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals edited by William Arms Fisher for Low Voice," Boston, Oliver Ditson Company.