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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Jul-10 - 09:47 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: To See Gawd's Bleedin' Lam'
34. To See Gawd's Bleedin' Lam'

Chorus-
Want to go to heben when I die,
when I die, when I die,
want to go to heben when I die
to see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.

1
Jacob's ladder deep and long
deep and long, deep and long
Jacob's ladder deep and long
to see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.
2
See God's Angel comin' down, etc.
To see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.
3
Comin' down in a sheet of blood, etc.
To see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.
4
Sheet of blood all mingle wid fish, etc.
To see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.
5
Den yo' raise your voice up higher, etc.
To see Gawd's bleedin' Lam'.
6
An' yo' jine de heavenly Choir
To see the bleedin' Lam'.

Also in Johnson and Johnson, Second Book of Negro Spirituals, dedicated to H. L. Mencken!.