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Thread #52016 Message #2561900
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Feb-09 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: What Harm Has Jesus Done You
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: What Harm Has Jesus Done You
The first verse in Helen Creighton, "Maritime Folk Songs," differs slightly from the lyrics above.
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The Jews they took poor Jesus
And they nailed him to the tree,
They hewed him out a heavy cross
To carry up Calvary,
Oh, to carry up Calvary,
To carry up Calvary,
They hewed him out a heavy cross
To carry up Calvary.
Sung by Mr. Chas. Owens and family, Bridgetown, June, 1953.
P. 174, Helen Creighton and Kenneth Peacock, 1961, Ryerson Press (reprint, "Canada's Atlantic Folklore and Folklife Series No. 5, 1979, Breakwater Press).