The Traditional ballad Index has Wade in the Water as a "religious freedom non-ballad" and cites Lomax FSNA (as well as the DT).
From Lomax: (with a slow rock, guitar 7a, 7B; banjo 5, chords given on sheet music)

WADE IN THE WATER

Chorus:
Wade in the water,
Wade in the water, children,
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water.

'Member one thing an' it's certainly sho',
Wade in the water,
Judgement's comin' an' I don' know,
Wade in the water.

Up on the mountain, Jehovah, he spoke,
Out of his mouth came fire and smoke.

I heard a rumblin' up in the sky,
Must a-been Jesus passin' by.

Down in the valley, down on my knees,
Askin' my Lawd to save me, please.

You can hinder me here, you can hinder me there,
But the Lawd in Heaven will hear my prayer.

The enemy's great, but my Captain's strong,
I'm marching to the City and the road ain't long.

I tell you once and I tell you twice,
My soul's been anchored in Jesus christ.

You mau baptize Peter and baptize Paul,
But the Lord God-er-mighty gonna baptize um all.

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Tell me where my Saviour gone?

My Lord spoke in a 'sponstrous voice,
Shook the world to its very jois'.

Rung through Heaven and down in Hell,
My dungeon shook and my chains, they fell.

"Collected and arranged by Alan Lomax. See: Sears. A slave song, still fairly common in rural Negro churches during the 30s, it has been recorded by Negro quartets." Alan Lomax, Folk Songs of North America, 1960, # 242, pp. 470-471.
Joe Offer put this in the Forum, (didn't see it until after I put this in) but the version in the DT is short and from another source. The Ballad Index notes floating lyrics; "Bear the News, Mary," "Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John," Hand Me Down My Walking Cane," Heaven and Hell."
Haven't seen "Take Your Shoes Off."

See thread 6108, Carter Family lyrics, "God's Gonna Trouble the Waters," posted by Dicho. Ashton version also there. Trouble the Waters

So many floating verses in "Wade in the Water" and allies that the chorus is the main thing holding the lyrics together. Are the tunes similar??