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Thread #77101   Message #1372354
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Jan-05 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Yonder Come Day (spiritual)
Subject: Lyr Add: O DAY
Gee! What did I do?? The link is to the site with the clapping game. It didn't close off. I hope someone can correct it.


Lyr. Add: O Day

Yonder come day, I heard him say
Yonder come day, It's a dying day
Yonder come day, It's a burying day
Yonder come day, I was on my knees
Yonder come day, When I heard him say
Yonder come day, That's a New Year's day
Day done broke into my soul
Yonder come day, well, come on, child,
Yonder come day, Jordan roll.

These seem to be the words of Bessie Jones and Sea Island Singers, "O Day," 1960, Alan Lomax coll. "Christmas or New Year's shout after all night service."    The Old Time Religion

From 6-cd collection, boxed set, "Goodbye Babylon," collected by Lance Ledbetter. Haven't looked up cost and availability. 135 songs, 25 sermons.