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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Jul-10 - 11:11 PM
Thread Name: St. Helena Island Spirituals Permathread
Subject: Walk in Jerusalem Jis Like John
56 Walk in Jerusalem jis Like John

Chorus-
Ah Jerusalem Lawd
Ah Jerusalem Lawd
Ah Jerusalem Lawd
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.

1
Leader
Walk in Jerusalem
Chorus
All Gawd's people
Leader
Walk in Jerusalem
Chorus
Jis like John.
2
Walk in Jerusalem -my dear brudduh
Walk in Jerusalem -jis like John.

The words mother, sister, deacon, pastor, etc. may be used.

Variants widespread.
Carl Diton, Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals collected a version on Frogmore Island, 1913, with the following verses:
1
Last Sunday morning (3x)
Walk in Jerusalem just like John
2
Train am a-coming, etc.
3
She is loaded down with angels, etc.
The song includes other material, a more complex song than the one from Saint Helena.