Bhhamilton,

Welcome to the Mudcat Cafe Discussion Forum. The first place to look for songs is in the DigiTrad Database (or DT for short). There's only 6,000 or so songs in there, but you might get lucky and find what you are looking for. Just go to the upper right hand corner of this page where it says "Search the Digitrad Database". Type in [wade in the water] and then click on search. Those little brackets [ ] tell the search engine to look for the whole phrase. If you type in without the brackets, you get every song with "wade", "in", and "water" in it (more than you want!).

Because you're new and asked politely I'll even give you a link, CLICK HERE! However, if you learn to fish, you will be fed for a lifetime!

Unfortunately, disappointingly, and unusually the DT doesn't offer much on this song. So let's you and I sneak off quietly to Rise Up Singing (some folks are puking as we sneak!) and see what they have. Aha! Here you go! I'm not gonna type in all the "God's gonna trouble the water" parts, 'cause I suspect you know where they go. This is sort of a "plug-in spiritual, any good ol' pair of lines might fit!

Who are those children dressed in red? Must be the children that Moses led.

Who are those children dressed in white? Must be the people getting ready to fight.

.....blue? Must be the people gonna see this through.

....black? Must be the hypocrites turning back.

He spoke and divided the sea in two. Allowing all his people to pass on through.

He spoke and the water flowed back again. And drowned the oppressors pursing them.

The enemy's great but my Captain's strong. I'm marchin' to the City and the raod ain't long.

Traditional Spiritual New verses by Paul Ashton.

I hope these aren't those updated lyrics you don't care for.

Enjoy the song!

Roger in Baltimore