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Thread #130508 Message #2940309
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Jul-10 - 05:46 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: I Am Not Afraid to Die
83. I Am Not Afraid to Die
1
I am not afraid to die-
I am not afraid to die-
I am not- I am not afraid to die.
2
Jedus rides de milk white horse
Jedus rides de milk white horse.
3
Satan rides de iron gray
Satan rides de iron gray.
4
I am bound for de promised land
I am bound for de promised land.
"The spiritual ends with a repetition of the first verse."
Unique to Saint Helena Island according to the Cleveland Index, but verses two, etc., are common to other spirituals.