The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130508   Message #2938013
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
01-Jul-10 - 01:51 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Come, Come, Come and Go wid Me
79. Come, Come, Come and Go wid Me

1
Come, come, come and go wid me,
Come, come, come and go wid me
Come, come, come and go wid me
Oh Hallelujah Amen.
2
If yo' are a Christian come and go wid me, etc.
Oh Hallelujah, Amen.
3
If yo' are a warrior come and go wid me, etc.
Oh Hallelujah, Amen.
4
If yo' are a true believer come and go wid me, etc.
Oh Hallelujah, Amen.
5
Christ told the blind man, go to de ribbuh and bade (bathe), etc.
Oh Hallelujah, Amen.
6
Christ told Nicodemus, yo' must be born again, etc.
Oh Hallelujah, Amen.

Variant with 11 verses collected in Charleston area islands; A. T. Smythe et al., The Carolina Low-Country.