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Thread #6108 Message #629260
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. @religion @spiritual