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Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
16-Jan-02 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wade in the Water
Subject: Lyr Add: LET GOD'S SAINTS COME IN
Lyr Add: LET GOD'S SAINTS COME IN
Cho. Come down, angel, and trouble the water, (3 times) And let God's saints come in.
Canaan land is the land for me, And let God's saints come in. Canaan land is the land for me, And let God's saints come in.
There was a wicked man, He kept them children in Egypt land. etc.
God did say to Moses one day, Say, Moses, go to Egypt land,
And tell him to let my people go, And pharoah would not let 'em go.
God did go to Moses house, And God did tell him who he was,
God and Moses walked and talked, And God did show him who he was.
Chorus and 1st verse used together as a chorus. From William Francis Allen, Slave Songs of the United States, 1867, p. 76 No. 99. @religion @spiritual