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Thread #129086   Message #2897401
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Apr-10 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Come, All of God's Children
No. 121. Come, All of God's Children


Come, all of God's children,
In the field,
Come all of God's children,
In the field,
Come, all of God's children,
In the field of battle-glory
in-a my soul.
1
Oh, the preachers want warriors
In the field,
The preachers want warriors
In the field,
Oh, the preachers want warriors
in the field of battle-glory
In-a my soul.
2
Oh, you must bow low to get in the field,
Oh, you must bow low to get in the field,
Oh, you must bow low to get in the field of battle-glory
In-a my soul.
3
Oh, we will shout when we get in the field,
Oh, we will shout when we get in the field,
Oh, we will shout when we get in the field of battle-glory
In-a my soul.

(Line capitalization not consistent. No chorus indicated, but the first lines may have been used as one).