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Thread #128668 Message #2882169
Posted By: Richie
08-Apr-10 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: Ain't I Glad I Got Out of The Wilderness
Subject: RE: Ain't I Glad I Got Out of The Wilderness
Here's the earliest version I know:
GO IN THE WILDERNESS- "Slave songs of the United States" by Allen, Ware and Garrison first published in 1867
VERSE: If you want to find Jesus, go in the wilderness,
Go in the wilderness, go in the wilderness,
Mournin' brudder, go in de wilderness,
I wait upon de Lord.
CHORUS: I wait upon de Lord, I wait upon de Lord,
I wait upon de Lord, my God, who take away de sin of the world.
You want to be a Christian, go in the wilderness,
Go in the wilderness, go in the wilderness,
Mournin' brudder, go in de wilderness,
I wait upon de Lord.
Doesn't have the "Ain't I Glad I Got Out of de Wilderness" line tho.
Richie