Lyr Add: STAND THE STORM

Subject: STAND THE STORM
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Sep 01 - 12:38 AM

See also MY SHIP IS ON DE OCEAN, in songbook SECOND BOOK OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS.

~S~

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STAND THE STORM
Traditional Negro Spiritual

REFRAIN:
O stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor bye and bye, O brethren!
Stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor bye and bye.


VERSES:

LEADER: My ship is on the ocean,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.
LEADER: My ship is on the ocean,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.

LEADER: She's making for the kingdom,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.
LEADER: She's making for the kingdom,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.

LEADER: I've a mother in the kingdom,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.
LEADER: I've a mother in the kingdom,
PEOPLE: We'll anchor bye and bye.


SOURCE:
American Negro Songs, 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular. John W. Work, Dover Publications, Mineola, NY 1998. Orig. pub. Crown Publishers, NY, 1940. ISBN 0-486-40271-1.

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SH

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: STAND THE STORM
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Sep 01 - 01:00 AM

See also HERE, where this song also seems to appear.

In that thread, John in Brisbane cites this source:

The Fisk Jubilee Songs. A collection of 66 JUBILEE and PLANTATION SONGS (Sacred and Secular) as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers on their world's tour.

The thread goes on to discuss the Fisk Singers.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: STAND THE STORM
From: masato sakurai
Date: 11 Sep 01 - 02:46 AM

The Jubilee Singers version (with tune) is:

WE'LL STAND THE STORM

Oh! stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor by-and-by,
Stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor by-and-by.

1. My ship is on the ocean,
We'll anchor by-and-by,
My ship is on the ocean,
We'll anchor by-and-by.

2. She's making for the kingdom,
We'll anchor, &c.

3. I've a mother in the kingdom,
We'll anchor, &c.

SOURCE: J.B.T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers; With Their Songs, revised edition (1875; reprinted AMS, 1971, p. 154)

The words above seem to have been derived from or related to the following white spiritual:

HEAVENLY PORT

(Tune: Edmund Dumas, 1859; Lyrics: Samuel Stennett, 1787; Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6))

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan's fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.

Chorus:
We'll stem the storm, it won't be long,
The heav'nly port is nigh,
We'll stem the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor by and by.

When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in His bosom rest?

(Chorus)

SOURCE: The Sacred Harp Online Index

Notes: "My Ship Is On the Ocean" in The Story of the Jubilee Singers is a different song except for the title line.

Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: STAND THE STORM
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Sep 01 - 09:20 PM

Here's how we will be doing it in church tomorrow night, a capella.

~S~

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STAND THE STORM
Traditional Negro Spiritual
Edited and additional verses by Susan Hinton


REFRAIN
O stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor by and by,
O stand the storm, it won't be long,
We'll anchor by and by.

My ship is on the ocean,
We'll anchor by and by.
My ship is on the ocean,
We'll anchor by and by.

She's making for the kingdom,
We'll anchor by and by.
She's making for the kingdom,
We'll anchor by and by.

When shall I reach that happy place?
We'll anchor by and by.
When shall I reach that happy place
We'll anchor by and by.

My ship is heavy laden,
We'll anchor by and by.
My ship is heavy laden,
We'll anchor by and by.

When shall I see my Father's face?
We'll anchor by and by.
When shall I see my Father's face?
We'll anchor by and by.

I hear the angels calling,
We'll anchor by and by.
I hear the angels calling,
We'll anchor by and by.