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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
31-Oct-11 - 08:09 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Subject: ADD Version: Every Time I Feel The Spirit
EBERY TIME I FEELS DE SPIRIT
Saint Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Eb'ry time I feels de spirit
movin' in muh heart
I will pray.
1
Up on de mountain muh Lawd spoke
Out ob his mout' came fire and smoke.
2
Jerdan ribbuh is chilly an' col'
Chills de body but not de soul.
3
Dere ain't but one train runs dis track
Run to heben an' run right back.
4
All around me look so shine
I ax muh Lawd ef all wuz mine.
No. 107, p. 88, with musical score.
Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-(Taylor), 1924, Saint Helena Island Spirituals, copyright Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School. G. Schirmer, New York.