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Thread #39266   Message #556058
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
21-Sep-01 - 03:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: No Man Can Hinder Me
Subject: Lyr Add: NO MAN CAN HINDER ME!
Ride On, King Jesus (No man can hinder me), posted by Wysiyg is quite a different version from No Man Can Hinder Me! as given by Allen, Ware and Garrison, 1867, Slave Songs, and, I believe, deserves a separate Lyr. Add.

NO MAN CAN HINDER ME

Walk in, kind Saviour,
No man can hinder me!
Walk in, kind Saviour,
No man can hinder me!
Walk in, sweet Jesus,
No man can hinder me!

2. See what wonder Jesus has done,
No man can hinder me!
See what wonder Jesus has done,
O no man can hinder me!
See what wonder Jesus has done,
O no man, no man, no man can hinder me!

3. Jesus make de dumb to speak, etc.
4. Jesus make de cripple walk, etc.
5. Jesus give de blind his sight, etc.
6. Jesus do most anyt'ing, etc.
7. Rise, poor Lajurush, from de tomb, etc.
8. Satan ride an iron-gray horse, etc.
9. King Jesus ride a milk-white horse, etc.

Variant:
You'd better pray, da word da gwine,
No man can hinder me!
De Lord have mercy on my soul,
No man can hinder me!

The two versions, with others, perhaps suggests two spirituals joined together. More verses will undoubtedly show up. The variants, rising up at different times and in different areas, plus the additions by gospel singers, add interest to these songs.