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Posted By: wysiwyg
31-Jan-10 - 02:10 AM
Thread Name: Origins: This Is Holy Ground
Subject: ADD: THE WINTER
And finally, a spiritual from a classic (print) collection. Dots can be viewed at the source.

Page 78
101. THE WINTER.
      
    [O de vinter, O de vinter, O de vinter'll soon be ober,* chilen,
    De vinter, O de vinter, O de vinter'll soon be ober, chilen,
    De vinter, O de vinter, O de vinter'll soon be ober, chilen,
    Yes, my Lord!

    1. 'Tis Paul and Silas bound in chains, chains,
    And one did weep, + and de oder one did pray,]

    2 You bend your knees^ on holy ground, ground,
    And ask de Lord, Lord, for to turn you around.
    For de vinter, etc.

    3 I turn my eyes towards the sky, sky,
    And ask de Lord, Lord, for wings to fly.

    4 For you see me gwine 'long so, so
    I has my tri-trials yer below.
       * Am a-comin'.
       + Sing.
       ^ I bend my knees, etc.

SOURCE:
William Francis Allen, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison, 1842-1877. Slave Songs of the United States.

   
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(title page) Slave Songs of the United States.
William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison
xliv, 115 p.
New York
A. Simpson & Co.
1867

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