ADD: If Anybody Asks You Who I Am-Mother's Child

Subject: ADD: Child of God (Mother's Child)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 20 - 08:34 PM

CHILD OF GOD (Mother's Child)

If anybody ask you who I am,
Who I am, who I am,
If anybody ask you who I am,
Tell him I'm a child of God (mother's child).

The little cradle rocks tonight in glory,
In glory, in glory,
The little cradle rocks tonight in glory,
The Christ child born in glory. [Jesus was a mother's child]

Peace on earth, Mary rock the cradle,
Mary rock the cradle, Mary rock the cradle,
Peace on earth, Mary rock the cradle,
The Christ child born in glory

The Christ Child passing, singing softly,
Singing softly, singing softly,
The Christ Child passing, singing softly,
Christ child born in glory

Don't you hear the foot on the tree top,
Foot on the tree top, foot on the tree top,
Don't you hear the foot on the tree top,
Soft like the south wind blow?

from American Folk Songs for Christmas, by Ruth Crawford Seeger (Doubleday) page 40

Verse 1 from Mellows, by R. Emmett Kennedy, 1925

Verses 2-5 from the Journal of American Folklore, Vol 12, 1899, p. 272, "Christmas Carols in Georgia," by Emma Backus (slightly altered by Ruth Crawford Seeger)

2013 Recording by Elizabeth Mitchell, Peggy Seeger from The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi1F0ijtpl4

Lyrics in parentheses by Peggy Seeger - Peggy has other nice verses I'll transcribe later.

Subject: ADD: Child of God (Bobby Darin?)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 20 - 08:10 PM

Well, here's one identified as a Bobby Darin version.

CHILD OF GOD

If anybody asked you who I am
Who I am, who I am
If anybody asked you who I am
Tell them I'm a child of God

Peace on earth and Mary rock at the cradle
Rock at the cradle, rock at the cradle
Peace on earth and Mary rock at the cradle
Christ child born in glory

If anybody asked you who I am
Who I am, who I am
If anybody asked you who I am
Tell them I'm a child of God

The little cradle rocks tonight in glory
Tonight in glory, tonight in glory
The little cradle rocks tonight in glory
Christ child born in glory

If anybody asked you who I am
Who I am, who I am
If anybody asked you who I am
Tell them I'm a child of God

Do you believe a-He was born in a stable
Born in a stable, born in a stable?
Do you believe He was born in a stable?
Christ child born in glory

Anybody asked you who I am
Who I am, who I am
If anybody asked you who I am
Tell them I'm a child of God

Anybody asked you who I am
Who I am, who I am
If anybody asked you who I am
Tell them I'm a child of God

Keep on telling them
(Tell them I'm a child of God)
Keep a telling then
(Tell them I'm a child of God)
I mean tell them I'm a child of God

Written by: BOBBY DARIN
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CARLIN AMERICA INC
lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2013161/Bobby+Darin/Child+of+God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwKsVK_PkV4

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If Anybody Asks You Who I Am
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 26 Apr 20 - 08:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGJ6uIFtfM

Sure looks like.

Subject: Lyr Req: If Anybody Asks You Who I Am
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 20 - 07:49 PM

I understand this is in one of the Ruth Crawford Seeger's songbooks - as "Mother's Child."