Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers

Subject: Run to Jesus
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 27 May 10 - 08:13 PM

No. 69. Run to Jesus

Chorus:
Run to Jesus, shun the danger,
I don't expect to stay much longer here.

1
He will be our dearest friend,
And will help us to the end.
I don't expect to stay much longer here.
Run to Jesus, shun the danger,
I don't expect to stay much longer here.
2
Oh, I thought I heard them say,
There were lions in the way.
I don't expect, etc.
3
Many mansions there will be,
One for you and one for me.
I don't expect, etc.

("This song was given to the Jubilee Singers by Hon. Frederick Douglass, in Washington, D. C. with the interesting statement, that it first suggested to him the thought of escaping from slavery.")

Subject: Room Enough
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 May 10 - 08:16 PM

No. 3. Room Enough

1
Oh, brothers, don't stay away,
Brothers, don't stay away,
Brothers, don't stay away,
Don't stay away.

Chorus:
For my Lord says there's *room enough,
Room enough in the Heav'ns for you,
My Lord says there's room enough,
Don't stay away.

2
Oh, mourners, don't stay away.
Cho.- For the Bible says there's room enough, etc.
3
Oh, sinners, don't stay away.
Cho.- For the angel says there's room enough, etc.
4
Oh. children, don't stay away.
Cho.- For Jesus says there's room enough, etc.

*The peculiar accent here makes the words sound thus: "rooma nough."

With some different verses, collected on St. Helena Island, SC, by Ballanta-(Taylor), 1924
Posted at end of thread.

Subject: Roll, Jordan, Roll
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 May 10 - 08:02 PM

No. 7. Roll, Jordan, Roll

Chorus:
Roll, Jordan, roll, roll, Jordan, roll,
I want to go to heaven when I die,
To hear Jordan roll.

1
Oh, brothers, you ought t'have been there,
Yes, my Lord!
A sitting in the Kingdom,
To hear Jordan roll.
D. C.
2
Oh, preachers, you ought t'have been there, etc.
3
Oh, sinners, you ought, etc.
4
Oh, mourners, you ought, etc.
5
Oh, seekers, you ought, etc.
6
Oh, mothers, you ought, etc.
7
Oh, sisters, you ought, etc.

Subject: Rise, Shine, for Thy Light Is A-Coming
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 May 10 - 06:08 PM

No. 125. Rise, Shine, for Thy Light Is A-Coming

Chorus:
Oh, rise, shine, for thy light is a-coming,
Rise, shine, for thy light is a-coming,
Oh, rise, shine for thy light is a-coming,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by.

1
Oh, wet or dry, I intend to try,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by,
To serve the Lord until I die,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by.
2
We'll build our tent on this camp-ground,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by,
And give old Satan another round,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by.
3
I intend to shout and never stop,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by,
Until I reach the mountain top,
My Lord says he's coming by 'nd by.
D. C.

Subject: Rise, Mourners
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 May 10 - 11:04 PM

No. 12. Rise, Mourners*

* This hymn is sung with great unction
when "seekers" are going forward to the altar.

1
Rise, mourners, rise, mourners,
O can't you rise and tell,
What the Lord has done for you.
Yes, He's taken my feet out of the miry clay,
And He's placed them on the right side of my Father. D. C.
2
Rise, seekers, rise, seekers,
O can't you rise, etc.
3
Rise, sinners, rise, sinners,
O can't you rise, etc.
4
Rise, brothers, rise, brothers,
O can't you rise, etc.

Subject: Rise and Shine
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 May 10 - 10:52 PM

No. 96. Rise and Shine

Chorus:
Oh, brethren, rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory,
Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory,
Rise and shine and give God the glory for the year of Jubilee.

1
Don't you want to be a soldier, soldier, soldier,
Don't you want to be a soldier, soldier, soldier?
Don't you want to be a soldier, soldier, soldier,
for the year of Jubilee?
2
Do you think I will make a soldier,
For the year of Jubilee?
3
Yes, I think you will make a soldier,
For the year of Jubilee!

"Sing the three verses in succession, and after the third verse go back to the beginning, and sing the words, "Then you must rise," etc."

Subject: Ride On, King Jesus
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 May 10 - 10:40 PM

No. 46. Ride On, King Jesus

Chorus:
Ride on, King Jesus,
No man can a hinder me,
Ride on, King Jesus,
No man can a hinder me.

1
I was but young when I begun,
No man can a hinder me,
But now my race is almost done,
No man can a hinder me. D. C.
Cho.- Ride on, etc.
2
King Jesus rides on a milk-white horse,
No man can a hinder me,
The river of Jordan he did cross,
No man can a hinder me.
Cho.- Ride on, etc.
3
If you want to find your way to God,
No man can a hinder me,
The gospel highway must be trod,
No man can a hinder me.
Cho.- Ride on, etc.

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 May 10 - 01:06 AM

No. 48. Reign, O Reign

Chorus:
Reign, O reign, O reign, my Saviour
Reign, O reign, O reign, my Lord.

1.
Takes an humble soul to join us in the service of the Lord,
Takes an humble soul to join us in the army.

2.
Here's a sinner come to join us in the service of the Lord,
Here's a sinner come to join us in the army.

3.
Oh! ain't you glad you've joined us in the service of the Lord,
Oh! ain't you glad you've joined us in the army.


Source: The Story of the Jubilee Singers, with their songs, by J.B.T. Marsh, 1880

Absent in Marsh, "Revised Edition. Seventy-Fifth Thousand" (no date) Q).

Subject: Reign, O Reign
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 May 10 - 08:31 PM

No. 48. Reign, O Reign

Absent in Marsh, 1883. Pagination continuous No. 47 - No. 49.
Perhaps deleted because it duplicated the last portion of Reign, Master Jesus.

Would someone with the Pike edition please check.

Subject: Reign, Master Jesus
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 May 10 - 08:22 PM

No. 117. Reign, Master Jesus

Chorus:
O reign, O reign,
O reign, my Saviour,
Reign, master Jesus, reign!
O reign salvation in my poor soul,
Reign, master Jesus, reign!

1
Solo- I tell you now as I told you before,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign,
Solo- To the promised land I'm bound to go,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign.
2
Solo- I'll tell you how I sought the Lord,
Cho.-Reign master Jesus, reign,
Solo- Prayed a little by day and all night long,
Reign, master Jesus, reign.
3
Solo- I never shall forget that day,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign
Solo- When Jesus washed my sins away,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign.
4
Solo- I looked at my hands and my hands looked new,
Cho. Reign, master Jesus, reign,
Solo- I looked at my feet and my feet looked so too,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign.
5
Solo- I never felt such love before,
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign,
Solo- Saying, "Go in peace and sin no more,"
Cho.- Reign, master Jesus, reign.

O reign, O reign, O reign, my Saviour,
Reign, master Jesus, reign!
O reign salvation in my poor soul,
Reign, master Jesus, reign.

"Published in sheet form, with piano accompaniment, by John Church 7 Co., Cincinnati."

Subject: Prepare Us
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 May 10 - 07:56 PM

No. 42. Prepare Us

Chorus:
Prepare me,
Prepare me, Lord,
Prepare me,
When death shall shake this frame.

1
As I go down this stream of time,
When death shall shake this frame,
I'll leave this sin-ful world behind,
When death shall shake this frame.
Cho.-Prepare me, etc.
2
The man that loves to serve the Lord,
When death shall shake this frame;
He will receive his just reward,
When death shall shake this frame.
Cho.- Prepare me, etc.
3
Am I a soldier of the cross,
When death shall shake this frame;
Or must I count this soul as lost,
When death shall shake this frame.
Cho.- Prepare me, etc.
4
My soul is bound for that bright land,
When death shall shake this frame;
And there I'll meet that happy band,
When death shall shake this frame.
Cho.- Prepare me, etc.

Subject: Peter, Go Ring Them Bells
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 May 10 - 09:05 PM

No. 108. Peter, Go Ring Them Bells

1
Oh, Peter, go ring them bells,
Peter, go ring them bells,
Peter, go ring them bells,
I heard from heaven today.
"To chorus after D. C."
I wonder where my mother is gone,
I wonder where my mother is gone,
I wonder where my mother is gone,
I heard from heaven today.

Chorus:
I heard from heaven today,
I heard from heaven today,
I thank God, and I thank you too,
I heard from heaven today.

2
I wonder where sister Mary's gone-
I heard from heaven today;
I wonder where sister Martha's gone-
I heard from heaven today;
It's good news, and I thank God-
I heard from heaven today;
Oh, Peter, go ring them bells-
I heard from heaven today.
Cho.- I heard from heaven, etc.

3
I wonder where brother Moses gone-
I heard from heaven today;
I wonder where brother Daniel's gone-
I heard from heaven today;
He's gone where Elijah has gone-
I heard from heaven today;
Oh, Peter, go ring them bells-
I heard from heaven today.
Cho- I heard from heaven, etc.

Subject: Oh! Sinner Man
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 May 10 - 08:41 PM

No. 58. Oh! Sinner Man

Chorus:
Oh!, sinner, Oh! sinner man,
Oh! sinner, Oh! which way are you going?

1
Oh! come back, sinner, and don't go there,
Which way are you going?
For hell is deep, and dark despair,
Oh! which way are you going?
2
Though days be dark, and night be long,
Which way are you going?
We'll shout and sing till we get home,
Which way are you going?
Cho.- Oh! sinner, etc.
3
'Twas just about the break of day,
Which way are you going?
My sins forgiven and soul set free,
Which way are you going?
Cho.- Oh! sinner, etc.

Subject: O Redeemed
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 May 10 - 08:28 PM

No. 4. O Redeemed

Chorus:
O redeemed, redeemed,
I'm washed in the blood of the Lamb,
O redeemed, redeemed,
I'm washed in the blood of the Lamb.

1
Although you see me going along so,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb,
I have my trials here below,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.*

O redeemed, redeemed, D. S.
*"Attention is called to this characteristic manner of connecting the last strain with the chorus in the D. C.

2
When I was a mourner just like you,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb,
I mourned and prayed till I got through,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.
3
Religion's like a blooming rose,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb,
As none but those that feel it knows,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.

Subject: Old Ship of Zion
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 May 10 - 01:36 PM

No. 29. Old Ship of Zion

1
What ship is that a sailing, Hallelujah,
What ship is that a sailing, Hallelu.
'Tis the old ship of Zion, Hallelujah,
'Tis the old ship of Zion, Hallelu.
Do you think that she is able, Hallelujah,
Do you think that she is able, Hallelu.
"Repeat twice for first verse."

Chorus:
Do you think that she is able,
For to carry us all home,
O glory, Hallelu.

2
She has landed many a thousand, Hallelujah,
She has landed manu a thousand, Halleju,
She has landed many a thousand,
And will land as many a more.
Oh glory, Hallelu.
3
She is loaded down with angels, Hallelujah,
She is loaded down with angels, Hallelu,
And King Jesus is the Captain,
And he'll carry us all home.
Oh glory, Hallelu.

"In singing the last two verses, the music is not to be repeated."

Subject: Oh Yes! Oh Yes!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 May 10 - 06:00 PM

No. 91. Oh Yes! Oh Yes!

1
I come this night to sing and pray,
Oh Yes! oh yes!
To drive old Satan away,
Oh Yes! oh yes!
That heavenly home is bright and fair,
Oh yes! oh yes!
But very few can enter there,
Oh yes! oh yes!

Chorus:
Oh, wait until I get on my robe,
Wait until I get on my robe,
Wait until I get on my robe,
Oh yes! oh yes!

2
As I went down in the valley to pray,
Oh yes!
I met old Satan on the way,
Oh yes!
And what do you think he said to me,
Oh yes!
"You're too young to pray, and too young to die,"
Oh yes!
3
If you want to catch that heavenly breeze,
Oh yes!
Go down in the valley on your knees,
Oh yes!
Go. bow your knees upon the ground,
Oh yes!
And ask your Lord to turn you round,
Oh yes!

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: Emma B
Date: 17 May 10 - 05:41 PM

A MUST! if you can access this

Adrian Mitchell play, The Jubilee Singers.
1 hr 2 min.
BBC 4

Subject: Oh, Wasn't That a Wide River
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 May 10 - 05:36 PM

No. 81. Oh, Wasn't That a Wide River

Chorus:
Oh, wasn't that a wide river,
river of Jordan, Lord? wide river!
There's one more river to cross.

1
Oh, the river of Jordan is so wide,
One more river to cross;
I don't know how to get on the other side;
One more river to cross.
2
I have some friends before me gone,
One more river to cross;
By the grace of God I'll follow on;
One more river to cross.
3
- - Shout, shout, Satan's about,
One more river to cross;
- - Shut your door and keep him out;
One more river to cross.
4
Old Satan is a snake in the grass,
One more river to cross;
If you don't mind he'll get you at last;
One more river to cross.

Subject: Oh, Make A-Me Holy
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 May 10 - 05:20 PM

No. 119. Oh, Make a-me Holy

Chorus:
Oh, make a-me holy, holy,
I do love, I do love,
make a-me holy, holy,
I do love the Lord.

1
Young people, I tell you, one and all,
I do love, I do love,
You'd better be ready when Gabriel calls,
I do love the Lord.
2
I picked up my hymn-book and Bible too,
I do love, I do love,
For I have religion as well as you,
I do love the Lord.
3
Oh, way up yonder, round the throne,
I do love, I do love,
The waters are sweeter than honey-comb,
I do love the Lord.

Subject: Oh! Give Me the Wings
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 May 10 - 08:39 PM

No. 126. Oh! Give Me the Wings

Chorus:
Oh! give me the wings,
Oh, good Lord, give me the wings,
And oh! give me the wings,
My good Lord, give me the wings
for to move along.

1
Oh, Methodist it is my name,
And oh, glory!
I intend to live and die the same,
And oh, ..... glory!
2
I love the shouting Methodist,
And oh, glory!
Because they pray and sing the best,
And oh, ..... glory!
3
I'm born of God, I know I am,
And oh, glory!
And you deny it if you can,
And oh, ..... glory!

Subject: Oh, Brothers, Are You Getting Ready?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 May 10 - 08:29 PM

No. 118. Oh, Brothers, Are You Getting Ready?

1
Oh, brothers, are you getting ready, ready,
Brothers, are you getting ready, ready,
Brothers, are you getting ready, ready,
For the year of Jubilee.
2
Oh, sisters, are you getting ready, ready,
Sisters, are you getting ready, ready,
Sisters, are you getting ready, ready,
For the year of Jubilee.
3
Oh, fathers, are you getting ready, ready,
Fathers, are you getting ready, ready,
Fathers, are you getting ready, ready,
For the year of Jubilee.
4
Oh, Preachers, are you getting ready, ready,
Preachers, are you getting ready, ready,
Preachers, are you getting ready, ready,
For the year of Jubilee.

Chorus:
Oh, rise, shine, and give God the glory, glory,
Rise, shine, and give God the glory, glory,
Rise, shine, and give God the glory, glory,
For the year of Jubilee.

Subject: Oh! Holy Lord
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 May 10 - 08:16 PM

No. 35. Oh! Holy Lord

Chorus:
Oh! holy Lord!
Oh! holy Lord!
Oh! holy Lord!
Done with the sin and sorrow.

1
Oh! rise up children, get your crown,
Done with the sin and sorrow,
And by your Saviour's side sit down,
Done with the sin and sorrow.
2
What a glorious morning that will be,
Done with the sin and sorrow;
Our friends and Jesus we will see,
Done with the sin and sorrow.
Cho.-
3
Oh shout, you Christians, you're gaining ground,
Done with the sin and sorrow;
We'll shout old Satan's kingdom down,
Done with the sin and sorrow.
Cho.-
4
I soon shall reach that golden shore,
Done with the sin and sorrow;
And sing the songs we sang before,
Done with the sin and sorrow.
Cho.-

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: GUEST,Derek Schofield
Date: 15 May 10 - 05:39 AM

If another letter in the alphabet can get a word in here ....

BBC Radio 4 has a play about the Fisk Jubilee Singers visiting the UK. Written by Adrian Mitchell.

Saturday 15 May 2.30pm, also no doubt on iplayer.

D

Subject: Now We Take this Feeble Body
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 May 10 - 09:26 PM

No. 97. Now We Take This Feeble Body

"This hymn is much used at funerals, and especially when bearing the body and lowering it into the grave."

1
Now we take this feeble body,
And we carry it to the grave,
And we all leave it there,
Hallelujah,
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we all leave it there,
Hallelujah,
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we all leave it there,
Hallelujah.
2
Now we take this dear old father,
And we carry him to the grave,
And we all leave him there,
Hallelujah,
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we all leave him there,
Hallelujah,
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we all leave him there,
Hallelujah.
3
Now we lift our mournful voices,
As we gather around the grave,
And we weep as we sing,
Hallelujah,
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we weep as we sing,
Hallelujah
And a Hallelujah, and a Hallelujah,
And we weep as we sing,
Hallelujah.

Subject: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 May 10 - 09:06 PM

No. 1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord!

Chorus:
Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord,
Nobody knows the trouble I see,
Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord,
Nobody knows like Jesus.

1
Brothers, will you pray for me,
Brothers, will you pray for me,
Brothers, will you pray for me,
And help drive old Satan away.
2
Sisters, will you pray for me, etc.
3
Mothers, will you pray for me, etc.
4
Preachers, will you pray for me, etc.

Subject: My Way's Cloudy
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 May 10 - 08:05 PM

No. 45. My Way's Cloudy

Chorus:
Oh! brethren, my way, my way's cloudy, my way,
Go send them angels down,
Oh! brethren, my way, my way's cloudy, my way,
Go send them angels down.

1
There's fire in the east and fire in the west,
Send them angels down,
And fire among the Methodist,
O send them angels down.
2
Old Satan's mad, and I am glad,
Send them angels down,
He missed the soul he thought he had,
O send them angels down.
3
I'll tell you now as I told you before,
Send them angels down,
To the promised land I'm bound to go,
O send them angels down.
4
This is the year of jubilee,
Send them angels down,
The Lord has come and set us free,
O send them angels down.

Subject: My Ship Is on the Ocean
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 08:40 PM

No. 43. My Ship Is on the Ocean

Chorus:
My ship is on the ocean,
My ship is on the ocean,
My ship is on the ocean,
Poor sinner, fare-you-well.

1
I'm going away to see the good old Daniel,
I'm going away To see my Lord.
2
I'm going to see the weeping Mary,
I'm going away to see my Lord.
Cho.-My ship, etc.
3
Oh! don't you want to live in that bright glory?
Oh! don't you want to go to see my Lord?
Cho.- My Lord, etc.

Subject: My Lord's Writing All the Time
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 08:31 PM

No. 25. My Lord's Writing All the Time

1
Solo
Come down, come down,
My Lord come down,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time,
Solo
And take me up to wear the crown,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time.
2
Solo
When I was down in Egypt's land,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time,
Solo
I heard some talk of promised land,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time.
3
Solo
O Christians you had better pray,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time,
Solo
For Satan's round you ev'ry day,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time.
4
Solo
King Jesus rides in the middle of the air,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time,
Solo
He's calling sinners from every where,
Refrain
My Lord's writing all the time.

Chorus:
Oh, he sees all you do,
He hears all you say,
My Lord's writing all the time,
O he sees all you do,
He hears all you say,
My Lord's writing all the time.

"Published in sheet form, with piano accompaniment, by John Church & Co."

Subject: My Lord, What a Mourning
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 08:10 PM

No. 79. My Lord, What a Mourning

Chorus:
My Lord, what a mourning,
My Lord, what a mourning,
My Lord, what a mourning,
When the stars begin to fall.

1
You'll hear the trumpet sound,
To wake the nations under ground,
Looking to my God's right hand,
When the stars begin to fall.
2
You'll hear the sinner mourn,
To wake the nations under ground,
Looking to my God's right hand,
When the stars begin to fall.
3
You'll hear the Christian shout,
To wake the nations under ground,
Looking to God's right hand,
When the stars begin to fall.

Subject: My Good Lord's Been Here
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 08:01 PM

No. 59. My Good Lord's Been Here

Chorus:
My good Lord's been here, been here, been here,
My good Lord's been here,
And he's blessed my soul and gone.

1
O brothers, where were you,
brothers, where were you,
brothers, where were you
When the good Lord was here?
2
O sinners, where were you, etc.
Cho.- My good Lord's been here, etc.
3
O Christians, where were you, etc.
Cho.- My good Lord's been here, etc.
4
O mourners, where were you, etc.
Cho.- My good Lord's been here, etc.

Subject: Move Along
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 05:44 PM

No. 103. Move Along

Chorus:
Let us move along, move along, move along to the heavenly home,
Let us move along, move along, I am bound to meet you there.

1
We are on the ocean sailing,
And a-while must face the stormy blast,
But if Jesus is our captain,
We will make the port at last.
2
Yonder see the golden city,
And the light-house gleaming on the shore,
Hear the angels sweetly singing,
Soon our journey will be o'er.
3
There we'll meet our friends in Jesus,
Who are waiting on the golden shore,
With a shout of joy they'll greet us,
When we meet to part no more.

Subject: Mary and Martha
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 03:15 PM

No. 49. Mary and Martha

1
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
To ring those charming bells;

Chorus:
Crying free grace and dying love,
Free grace and dying love,
Free grace and dying love,
To ring those charming bells.

Oh! way over Jordan, Lord,
Way over Jordan, Lord,
Way over Jordan, Lord,
To ring those charming bells.

2
The preacher and the elder's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.
3
My father and mother's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.
4
The Methodist and Baptist's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.

Subject: March On
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 02:48 PM

No. 44. March On

1
Way over in the Egypt land,
You shall gain the victory,
Way over in the Egypt land,
You shall gain the day.

Chorus:
March on, and you shall gain the victory,
March on, and you shall gain the day.
(Repeat chorus)

2
When Peter was preaching at the Pentecost,
You shall gain the victory;
He was endowed with the Holy Ghost,
You shall gain the day.
Cho.- March on, etc.
3
When Peter was fishing in the sea,
You shall gain the victory:
He dropped his net and followed me,
You shall gain the day.
Cho.- March on, etc.
4
King Jesus on the mountain top,
You shall gain the victory;
King Jesus speaks and the chariot stops,
You shall gain the day.
Cho.- March on, etc.

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 May 10 - 12:18 PM

Andrew, the Marsh online copies were already linked by Masato. This is an edited thread, and some material will be removed, including my 'misspoke' post of 27 April.

Your comment about the 'hymn-like' nature of the arrangements, however, is pertinent and will remain. Arrangements of the spirituals were made by ministers associated with the school, and, I think, a few completely revised.

Compare In that Great Getting-up Morning as "sung by Hampton students" and posted here, with the actual Hampton version, In Dat Great Gittin'-up Mornin' as printed in Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute and also posted here, in the thread linked above with In that Great......

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: GUEST,andrew
Date: 12 May 10 - 06:35 PM

The complete edition by Marsh is online:
http://www.archive.org/details/storyofjubileesi00mars

Copies of Marsh, and Pike, are reasonable in used book lists; so many thousands were printed.


Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: Q
Date: 27 Apr 10 - 02:54 PM

Sorry, I should have checked- the copy I linked is badly done and NO music. I will look for another- should be online.


I just downloaded the PDF[not the B&W] from this link and all the music seems to be there.
Does anyone sing these arrangements? They're very hymn like compared to more recent arrangements[not classical] of gospel songs.

Subject: Many Thousand Gone
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 May 10 - 04:40 PM

No. 23. Many Thousand Gone

1
No more auction block for me,
No more, no more;
No more auction block for me,
Many Thousand gone.
2
No more peck o' corn for me,
No more, no more;
No more peck o' corn for me,
Many thousand gone.
3
No more driver's lash for me, etc.
4
No more pint o' salt for me, etc.
5
No more hundred lash for me, etc.
6
No more mistress' call for me, etc.

See notes and versions mentioned in thread 43526: Many Thousands Gone

"Many T'ousand Go" in the DT.

See "No More Auction Block," thread 38161; same song.
No More Auction Block

Subject: Lord's Prayer
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 08:50 PM

No. 100. Lord's Prayer

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done *on earth as it is in heaven,
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us,
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

*in, in most hymnals.

Subject: Lord, I Wish I Had a Come
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 08:31 PM

No. 76. Lord, I Wish I Had a Come

1
Lord, I wish I had a come when you call'd me,
Lord, I wish I had a come when you call'd me,
Lord, I wish I had a come when you call'd me,
Sitting by the side of my Jesus.

Way over in the heavens,
Way over in the heavens,
Way over in the heavens,
Sitting by the side of my Jesus.

2
There's no temptations in the heavens,
There's no temptations in the heavens,
There's no temptations in the heavens,
Sitting by the side of my Jesus.

Way over, etc.
3
My father and my mother in the heavens,
My father and my mother in the heavens,
My father and my mother in the heavens,
Sitting by the side of my Jesus.

Way over, etc.

Subject: Love-feast in Heaven
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 08:15 PM

No. 63. Love-feast in Heaven

There's a love-feast in the heaven by and by, children,
There's a love-feast in the heaven by and by.
Yes, a love-feast in the heaven by and by, children,
There's a love-feast in the heaven by and by.

1
Oh! run up, children, get your crown,
There's a love-feast in the heaven by and by,
And by your Saviour's side sit down.
There's a love-feast in the heaven by and by.
Yes, a love-feast in the heaven by and by, etc..
2
Old Satan told me not to pray, etc.
He wants my soul at the Judgement-day, etc.
3
Oh, brethren, and sisters, how do you do, etc.
And does your love continue true, etc.
4
Oh, brethren, brethren, how do you know, etc.
Because my Jesus told me so, etc.

Subject: Listen to the Angels
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 08:00 PM

No. 102. Listen to the Angels

Where do you think I found my soul,
Listen to the angels shouting,
I found my soul at hell's dark door,
Listen to the angels shouting,
Before I lay in Hell one day,
Listen to the angels shouting,
I sing and pray my soul away,
Listen to the angels shouting.

Run all the way, run all the way,
Run all the way my Lord,
Listen to the angels shouting.

Blow, Gabriel, blow,
Blow, Gabriel, blow,
Tell all the joyful news,
Listen to the angels shouting.
I don't know what sinner want to stay here for,
Listen to the angels shouting.
When he gets home he will sorrow no more,
Listen to the angels shouting.

Run all the way, etc.

Brethren, will you come to the promised land, See arch, etc.

Come all and sing with the heavenly band, See arch, etc.

Subject: Keep Your Lamps trimmed and Burning
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 05:46 PM

No. 71. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
For this work's almost done.

Brothers, don't grow weary,
Brothers, don't grow weary,
Brothers, don't grow weary,
For this work's almost done.

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
For this work's almost done.

Preachers, don't grow weary, etc.

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, etc.

'Tis religion makes us happy,
'Tis religion makes us happy,
'Tis religion makes us happy,
For this work's almost done.

We are climbing Jacob's ladder, etc.

Every round goes higher and higher, etc.

Subject: RE: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
From: greg stephens
Date: 11 May 10 - 02:42 PM

For those interested in the Jubilee Singers, and able to access the BBC's Radio 3 by some means or other, try the following press release:


THE JUBILEE SINGERS BY ADRIAN MITCHELL adapted for radio by Celia Mitchell
BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4 : SATURDAY 15TH MAY 2010 AT 14.30
The play stars London black gospel choir NITROVOX, with musical direction by Felix Cross and Allyson Devenish and a stellar black cast ; Adjoa Andoh, Felix Dexter, Nadine Marshall Tanya Moodie,Alibe Parsons Clive Rowe and Ray Shell are joined   by Jonathan Pryce , for whom Mitchell wrote the play.
THE STORY
The premiere of playwright and poet Adrian Mitchell's drama about   the   extraordinary Jubilee Singers from Fisk University Nashville, who in the years immediately after the abolition of slavery brought their great sorrow songs   to Europe.
The late Adrian Mitchell, who died suddenly last year, was a much loved and revered poet, playwright and human rights campaigner. He was inspired to write this play with music by the true story of the Welsh journalist who toured with the black American Jubilee singers from their University, founded to provide education and a future for black students, in their first European tour in the late nineteenth century, when they brought their Sorrow Songs and Spirituals to the rest of the world for the first time since the abolition of Slavery. The singers enchanted Queen Victoria, and the now iconic song Swing Low Sweet Chariot was heard in England for the first time when they sang it to packed concert halls throughout the country. Mitchell's play was conceived for the theatre but it has not yet had a stage production; this is its premiere; adapted for radio under the guidance of Adrian's widow Celia . The play stars London black gospel choir NITROVOX, with Musical directors Felix Cross and Allyson Devenish and a stellar black cast ; Adjoa Andoh, Felix Dexter, Nadine Marshall Tanya Moodie,Alibe Parsons Clive Rowe and Ray Shell are joined   by Jonathan Pryce who plays the Welsh journalist who is captivated by a completely new kind of song, and hears each singer's own story and begins to be entranced by them, though he experiences the inevitable barriers which nineteenth century culture placed between men and women of different race. The director is Marilyn Imrie for Pacificus Productions

Subject: Keep Me from Sinking Down
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 01:45 PM

No. 21. Keep Me from Sinking Down

Chorus:
Oh, Lord, Oh, my Lord !
Oh, my good Lord !
Keep me from sinking down.

1
I tell you what I mean to do;
Keep me from sinking down:
I mean to go to heaven too;
Keep me from sinking down.
2
I look up yonder, and what do I see;
Keep me from sinking down:
I see the angels beckoning to me;
Keep me from sinking down.
Cho.- Oh, Lord, etc.
3
Wen I was a mourner just like you;
Keep me from sinking down:
I mourned and mourned till I got through;
Keep me from sinking down.
Cho.- Oh, Lord, etc.
4
I bless the Lord I'm gwine to die;
Keep me from sinking down:
I'm gwine to judgement by-and-by;
Keep me from sinking down.
Cho.- Oh, Lord, etc.

Subject: Judgement Will Find You So
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 01:30 PM

No. 40. Judgement Will Find You So

Chorus:
Just as you live, just as you die,
And after death,
Judgement will find you so.

1
O brethren, brethren, watch and pray,
Judgement will find you so,
For Satan's round you ev'ry day,
Judgement will find you so.
2
The tallest tree in paradise,
Judgement will find you so;
The Christian calls the tree of life,
Judgement will find you so.
Cho.- Just as you live, etc.
3
Oh! Hallelujah to the Lamb,
Judgement will find you so;
The Lord is on the giving hand,
Judgement will find you so.
Cho.- Just as you live, etc.

Subject: Judgement Day Is Rolling Round
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 May 10 - 01:16 PM

No. 26. Judgement Day Is Rolling Round

Chorus:
Judgement, Judgement,
Judgement day is rolling round,
Judgement, Judgement,
O how I long to go.

1
I've got a good old mother in the heaven, my Lord,
How I long to go there too,
I've got a good old mother in the heaven, my Lord,
O how I long to go.
2
There's no backsliding in the heaven, my Lord,
How I long to go there too,
There's no backsliding in the heaven, my Lord,
O how I long to go.
Cho.- Judgement, etc.
3
King Jesus sitting in the heaven, my Lord,
How I long to go there too,
King Jesus sitting in the heaven, my Lord,
O how I long to go.
Cho.- Judgement, etc.
4
There's a big camp meeting in the heaven, my Lord,
How I long to go there too,
There's a big camp meeting in the heaven, my Lord,
O how I long to go.
Cho.- Judgement, etc.

Subject: John Brown's Body
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 May 10 - 07:20 PM

No. 101. John Brown's Body

"Sing the verses in the order in which they are numbered. Do not sing the chorus after the third verse, but go at once to the fourth, and then close with the chorus."

1
John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave,
But his soul's marching on.

Chorus:
Glory, glory Hallelujah,
Glory, glory hallelujah,
Glory, glory hallelujah,
His soul's marching on.

2
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true,
And he frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through,
They hung for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew,
But his soul's marching on.
Cho.-
3
John Brown died that the slave might be free,
John Brown died that the slave might be free,
John Brown died that the slave might be free,
But his soul's marching on.
*4
Now has come the glorious jubilee,
Now has come the glorious jubilee,
Now has come the glorious jubilee,
When all mankind are free.
Chorus.

*"The words of the fourth verse do not correspond fully to the notes but the adaptation can be easily made by the singer."

Subject: I've Just Come from the Fountain
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 May 10 - 04:52 PM

No. 13. I've Just Come from the Fountain

1
I've just come from * the fountain,
I've just come from the fountain, Lord!
I've just come from the fountain,
His name's so sweet.

Chorus:
O brothers, I love Jesus,
O brothers, I love Jesus,
O brothers, I love Jesus,
His name's so sweet.

2
Been drinking from the fountain,
Been drinking, etc.
Cho.-
3
I found free grace at the fountain,
I found free grace, etc.
Cho.- O preachers, I love Jesus, etc.
4
My soul's set free at the fountain,
My soul's set free, etc.
Cho.- O sinners, I love Jesus, etc.

*The tenors usually sing the melody from this point.

Subject: I've Been Redeemed
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 May 10 - 02:53 PM

No. 73. I've Been Redeemed

Chorus:
I've been redeem'd, [high voice, x6]
I've been redeem'd, [chorus, x12]
Been wash'd in the blood of the Lamb.

1
Been wash'd in the blood of the Lamb,
Been wash'd in the blood of the Lamb,
Been wash'd in the blood of the Lamb,
That flows from Calvary.*
*Da Capo in exact time.
2
There is a fountain fill'd with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plung'd beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.*
3
The dying thief rejoic'd to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.*

Also see O Redeemed

Subject: I've Been in the Storn So Long
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 May 10 - 02:17 PM

No. 55. I've Been in the Storm So Long

Chorus:
I've been in the storm so long,
I've been in the storm so long, children,
I've been in the storm so long,
Oh! give me little time to pray.

1
Oh! let me tell my mother how I came along,
Oh, give me little time to pray,
With a hung down head and an aching heart,
Oh, give me little time to pray.
Cho.
2
Oh! when I get to heaven, I'll walk all about,
Oh, give me little time to pray,
There'll be nobody there to turn me out,
Oh, give me little time to pray.
Cho.
3
I'll go into heaven, and take my seat,
Oh, give me little time to pray,
Cast my crown at Jesus' feet,
Oh, give me little time to pray.
Cho.

Subject: In that Great Getting-up Morning
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 08 May 10 - 08:08 PM

No. 110. In that Great Getting-up Morning
"As sung by the Hampton Students"

1
I'm a-going to tell you about the coming of the Saviour,
*Fare you well! Fare you well!
I'm a going to tell you about the coming of the Saviour,
Fare you well, Fare you well!
There's a better day a-coming,
Fare you well! Fare you well !
Oh, preachers fold your Bibles,
Fare you well! Fare you well!
For the last soul's converted,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Refrain
In that great getting-up morning,
Fare you well! Fare you well!
In that great getting-up morning,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

The Lord spoke to Gabriel:
Go look behind the altar,
Take down the silver trumpet,
Blow your trumpet, Gabriel.
Lord, how loud shall I blow it?
Blow it right calm and easy,
Do not alarm My people,
Tell them to come to judgement;
Gabriel, blow your trumpet.
Lord, how loud shall I blow it?
Loud as seven peals of thunder!
Wake the sleeping nations.
3
Then you'll see poor sinners rising;
Then you'll see the world on fire;
See the moon a-bleeding,
See the stars falling,
See the elements melting,
See the forked lightning,
Hear the rumbling thunder;
Earth shall reel and totter.
Then you'll see the Christians rising;
Then you'll see the righteous marching,
See them marching home to heaven.
Then you'll see my Jesus coming
With all His holy angels,
Take the righteous home to heaven,
There they'll live with God forever.

*Fare you well is used tutti between solo lines in the Hampton version published by Fenner 1874 (Dett); in the Jubilee printings, some of the lines have been changed from those used at Hampton and there are other revisions. Dialect is preserved in the Fenner (Dett) printings of Hampton songs.

The extended Hampton version will be posted in thread 101413.
In that Great