GOOD NEWS

O, good news! O, good news!
De angels brought the tidings down,
Just comin' from de trone.

As grief from out my soul shall fly,
Just comin' from de trone;
I'll shout salvation when I die,
Good news, O, good news!
Just comin' from de trone.

Lord, I want to go to heaven when I die,
Good news, O, good news!
The angels brought the tidings down,
Just comin' from de trone.

De white folks call us a noisy crew,
Good news, O, good news!
But dis I know, we are happy too,
Just comin' from de trone.

A different sort of Good News, but fits under the thread heading. Number 32, from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1867, Negro Spirituals, Atlantic Monthly.
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