Lyr Add: Poor Sinner Fare You Well (Baptismal song

Subject: POOR SINNER FARE YOU WELL (Baptism)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 09:05 PM

POOR SINNER FARE YOU WELL
(Baptismal song)

Take poor mourners by the hand (3 times)
Poor sinner, fare you well.

Goin' down to the waters, (3 times)
Poor sinner, fare you well.

A starry crown I'm bound to wear, etc.
Long white robe I'm bound to wear, etc.
Dem golden slippers I'm bound to wear, etc.
A gold waistband I'm bound to wear, etc.
I'm down to the waters, etc.
Lou'siana fan I'm bound to wear, etc.

A strong beat is given alternate syllables. Lou'siana fan = feathered? Dock Hall and Vera Reed, Livingston AL.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States recording Trip.
@religion @spiritual

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: POOR SINNER FARE YOU WELL (Baptism)
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 12:00 PM

Click here to listen to Dock Hall/Vera Reed sing the song.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: POOR SINNER FARE YOU WELL (Baptism)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 01:48 PM

Charlie, I'm going to have to learn how to make clicks.
My GA wife tells me she seems to remember palmetto fans being called Lou'siana fans.
The next to last verse should read: I'm down to the waters, fare you well, etc.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: POOR SINNER FARE YOU WELL (Baptism)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Feb 02 - 11:41 AM

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