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Thread #130508   Message #2937532
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jun-10 - 06:15 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: All My Sins Done Taken Away
8. All My Sins Done Taken Away

Chorus-
O all muh sins done taken away
All muh sins done taken away
All muh sins done taken away
All glory praise his name
All muh sins done taken away done taken away.-

1
O Jedus rides dat milk white hawss
O Jedus rides dat milk white hawss
O Jedus rides dat milk white hawss
All glory praise his name
All muh sins done taken away done taken away.

2
Ole Satan rides dat iron grey

3
O Mary weep and Martha mourn

4
O Paul and Silas bound in chain

5
O one did sing while de odduh pray.

The verses are sung to the same melody as the chorus.
The first line of each verse is repeated twice and each verse is concluded as the first verse is.
The chorus may or not be sung after every verse; this is left to the discretion of the leader. It is, however, always sung after the last verse.

Variants in Carl Diton, Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals and E. A. McIlhenny, Befo' de War Spirituals.