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Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
16-Jan-02 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wade in the Water
Subject: Lyr Add: GOD'S A-GWINETER TROUBLE DE WATER
Lyr Add: GOD'S A-GWINETER TROUBLE DE WATER

Chorus
Wade in de water, children (3 times)
God's a-gwineter trouble de water.

See dat host all dressed in white,
God's a-gwineter trouble de water,
De leader looks like de Israelite,
God's a-gwineter trouble de water,
Cho.
See dat ban' all dressed in red,
God's a-gwineter trouble de water,
Looks like de ban' dat Moses led,
God's a-gwineter trouble de water.
Cho.
Johnson and Johnson, 1953, The Books of American Negro Spirituals, Book 2, p. 84, with music.
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