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Thread #130508 Message #2943250
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
10-Jul-10 - 09:53 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Oh Wrastlin' Jacob
105. Oh Wrastlin' Jacob
Chorus-
Oh wrastlin' Jacob Jacob day is a breaking
Oh wrastlin' Jacob Jacob I will not let yo' go.
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He hold my mother wid a tremblin' hand
I will not let yo' go
He hold my mother wid a tremblin' hand
I will not let yo' go
D. C.
Other verses: He hold my Father, sister, brother, deacon, pastor, etc.
Variants in Fisk Jubilee Collection and Slave Songs of the U.S.
Compare Wrastlin' Jacob, this collection.