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Thread #137883   Message #2216630
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Dec-07 - 03:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Steal Away (spiritual)
Subject: RE: Deep River or Steal Away?
Lyr. Add: STEAL AWAY
Arr. William Arms Fisher, 1924

Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here!
1.
My Lord calls me,
He calls me by the thunder;
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.
2.
Green trees are bending;
Poor sinner stands a-trembling,
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.
*3.
Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.

My Lord calls me;
He calls me by the lightning,
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

*so marked in score.
Arrangement for piano and voice, pp. 170-171, Ed. William Arms Fisher, "Seventy Negro Soirituals," for low voice, 1926, Oliver Ditson Company.