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Thread #130508 Message #2939387
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Jul-10 - 08:02 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Glory, Glory Hallelujah
66. Glory, Glory Hallelujah
1 Glory Glory Hallelujah When I lay muh burden down Glory Glory Hallelujah When I lay muh burden down. 2 I'm goin' to climb up Jacob's ladder When I lay muh burden down I'm goin' to climb up Jacob's ladder When I lau muh burden down. 3 I wonder what mother's goin' to do dat day When I lay muh burden down All she got to do is watch and pray When I lay muh burden down. 4 I wonder what mother wants to stay here for When I lay muh burden down Dis ole world's no friend to her When I lay muh burden down.
Along with the song reported by Odum and Johnson, this seems to be the earliest lyric combining 'Glory, Glory Hallelujah' and 'When I lay my burden down'.
Odum and Johnson reported it in 1926 (collected 1924-1925) in Negro Workaday Songs
When I Lay My Burden Down
Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down, (3x) I gonna be in heaven when I lay my burden down.
Glory, glory, hallelujah, I's goin' to my home on high,(3x) I's gonna be in my home in heaven when I lay my burden down.
The gospel song, "Since I Laid My Burden Down" was recorded by the Sanctified Singers, Elders, McIntorsh and Edwards in 1928.