The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90206   Message #1708564
Posted By: Azizi
01-Apr-06 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Zipper Verses
Subject: RE: Origins: Zipper Verses
Here are three examples of African American spirituals that are zipper songs:

WALK TOGETHER CHILDREN
Walk together children
don't you get weary.
Walk together children
don't you get weary.
Walk together children
don't you get weary.
There's a great camp meeting
in the promise land.

{subsitute other verbs in the first line such as
"sing together" & "pray together"; for non-religious children's groups, you might also substitute action words like these:
"march together", "hop" together", "clap together", stomp together"
"stomp" meaning to hit your foot down hard on the floor or ground so that your foot makes a bass sound}

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AINT THAT GOOD NEWS
I got ah robe up in-ah that kingdom.
Aint that good news.
I got ah robe up in-ah that kingdom.
Aint that good news.
I'm gonna lay down my burden.
Shoulder up my cross.
Take it home to Jesus.
Aint that good news.

I got ah crown up in-ah that kingdom etc.

I got ah harp up in-ah that kingdom etc.

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GUIDE MY FEET
Guide my feet
while I run this race.
Guide my feet
while I run this race.
Guide my feet
while I run this race
'Cause I don't want to run this race
in vain.

Guide my tongue
while I run this race.
Guide my tongue
while I run this race.
Guide my tonguet
while I run this race
'Cause I don't want to run this race
in vain.

Guide my heart
while I run this race
Guide my tongue
while I run this race
Guide my heart
while I run this race
'Cause I don't want to run this race
in vain.

Guide my mind etc.

[I have also seen "Hold my hand while I run this race etc]