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Thread #63703 Message #1037442
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Oct-03 - 03:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tryin' to Make Heaven My Home
Subject: Lyr Add: TRAMPIN', TRAMPIN'
Based on the old gospel song:
Lyr. Add: TRAMPIN', TRAMPIN'
Leader: I'm a-trampin', trampin',
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home.
Leader: I'm a-trampin', trampin',
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home.
Leader: I've never been to heaven but I've been told,
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home,
Leader: That the streets up there are paved with gold,
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home.
Leader: I'm trampin', trampin',
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home.
Leader: I'm a-trampin', trampin'
All: Tryin' to make heaven my home.
Many floating verses from spirituals. Jessye Norman sang it in one of her albums, where it was called a spiritual, but the song seems to be 20th century. Not in the Cleveland Index.
From: http://www.oup.co.uk/music/edu/voiceworks/voiceworks2/VW2Words1to36/#tramp