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Thread #129086   Message #2906247
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-May-10 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Mary and Martha
No. 49. Mary and Martha

1
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
Mary and a Martha's just gone 'long,
To ring those charming bells;

Chorus:
Crying free grace and dying love,
Free grace and dying love,
Free grace and dying love,
To ring those charming bells.

Oh! way over Jordan, Lord,
Way over Jordan, Lord,
Way over Jordan, Lord,
To ring those charming bells.

2
The preacher and the elder's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.
3
My father and mother's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.
4
The Methodist and Baptist's just gone 'long, etc.,
To ring those charming bells.
Cho.- Crying, free grace, etc.