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Thread #44128 Message #647754
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
11-Feb-02 - 09:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Free at Last/I Thank God I'm Free at Last
Subject: ADD: I THANK GOD I'M FREE AT LAST
I THANK GOD I'M FREE AT LAST
CHORUS: Free at las'- free at las'- I thank God I'm free at las'- Free at las'- free at las'- I thank God I'm free at las'!
Way down yonder in de graveyard walk, I thank God I'm free at las'- Me an' my Jesus gwineter meet an' talk.- I thank God I'm free at las'- Free at las'- Free at las'- O I thank God I'm free at las'!
On a my knees when the light passed by, I thank God I'm free at las'- Thought my soul would rise and fly, I thank God I'm free at last. Free at las'- free at las'- I thank God I'm free at las'!
Some of these mornings, bright and fair, I thank God I'm free at las'- Goin' meet King Jesus in the air, I thank God I'm free at las'. Free at las'- free at las'- I thank God I'm free at las'.
John W. Work, 1940, American Negro Songs and Spirituals, p. 197 with music. The antecedent to several songs used in labor and equality demonstrations. @religion @spiritual