Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals

Subject: Lyr Add: LORD, I'M GONNA TELL THE NEWS
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 05:33 PM

LORD, I'M GONNA TELL THE NEWS

Lord, I'm gonna walk eround in Jordan en tell the news (twice)
If my mother ask for me,
Tell her death have summoned me,
Lord, I'm gonna walk eround in Jordan en tell the news.

Lord, I'm gonna walk eround in Jordan en tell the news (twice)
If my father ask for me,
Tell him death have summoned me,
Lord, I'm gonna walk eround in Jordan en tell the news.

(If my sister, etc., ask for me ---)

A stanza "Death have set me free" may be added. The song is sung "in the drawn-out, wailing manner of some Sacred Harp."
Olivia and Jack Solomon, 1991, Honey in the Rock, p. 3, no music. The Ruby Pickins Tartt Collection.
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Subject: Lyr Add: TELL 'EM I'M GONE
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 05:53 PM

Sorry about the boldface.

TELL 'EM I'M GONE

When you miss me from round the fishside,
Tell 'em I'm gone; tell 'em I'm gone.
When you miss me from round the fishside,
Tell 'em I'm gone. Tell 'em I'm gone.
Tell 'em Death has sevvud me.
Way ovah in the Rock of Ages,
Clef fuh me - Clef fuh me.

When you miss me from singin' an' prayin',
Tell 'em I'm gone; tell 'em I'm gone.
When you miss me from singin' an' prayin',
Tell 'em I'm gone. Tell 'em I'm gone.
Tell 'em Death has sevvud me.
Way ovah in the Rock of Ages,
Clef fuh me - Clef fuh me.

(First and third lines only vary, as follows:)

When you miss me from the Sackament table,

When you miss me from weepin' an' moanin',

When you miss me from the Amen corner,

When you miss me from the big baptizin',

When you miss me from the big revival,

Mary Allen Grissom, 1930 (1969), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, p. 6-7, with music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: HAIL! HAIL!
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 08:16 PM

HAIL! HAIL!

Chorus:
Hail! Hail! I'll tell you when I get over;
Hail! Hail! You know I can't stay here.

John he Baptist did declare,
You know I can't stay here.
That none but the righteous would be there,
You know I can't stay here.

When I get on my golden shoes,
You know I can't stay here.
I'll walk about heaven and tell the news,
You know I can't stay here.

When I get in the middle of the air,
You know I can't stay here.
Not a sinner will be there,
You know I can't stay here.

Seward, T. F., Negro Spirituals or The Songs of the Jubilee Singers, No. 124, with music.
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Subject: Lyr Add: GOOD NEWS
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 08:38 PM

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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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 08:40 PM

I keep putting the b rather than br tonight. I think it is clear, though.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 02 - 11:23 PM

Add to series: I'm Gonna Walk Around in Jordan (Tell The News) Here

Subject: Lyr Add: I'M GOING HOME
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Feb 02 - 12:08 AM

I'M GOING HOME

I sought my Lord in the wilderness,
In the wilderness, in the wilderness,
I sought my Lord in the wilderness,
For I'm a-going home,
I'm going home,
I'm going home;
I'm just getting ready
For I'm going home.

I found free grace in the wilderness,
In the wilderness, in the wilderness, etc.

My father preaches in the wilderness, etc.

William F. Allen, 1867, Slave Songs of the United States, no. 105, p. 84, with music. Index: Allen

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Feb 02 - 09:25 AM

Dicho, I don't quite get how this is related to the Tell the News ones...? On the other hand I am not quite awake yet. *G*

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Feb 02 - 06:24 PM

I sorta lump Good News and Going Home. OK, it's a big stretch.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tell the News spirituals
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Feb 02 - 08:43 PM

Mmm. Not a complaint. Good news usually means good news about Jesus, to me. This is good though. Carry on! *G*

~S~