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Lyr Req: My Lord, How Long? (spiritual)
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Lord, How Long? (spiritual) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 09 Nov 08 - 01:50 PM Almost certainly the spiritual from Allen, Ware and Garrison. Already posted in the DT. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Lord, How Long? (spiritual) From: The Borchester Echo Date: 09 Nov 08 - 08:00 AM Or this: How long, dear Saviour, O how long Shall this bright hour delay? Fly swift around ye wheels of time And bring the promised day. Lo what a glorious sight appears To our believing eyes The earth and eas are passed away And the rolling skies. From the third heaven where god resides That holy happy place The Nnew Jerusalem comes down Adorned with shining grace. Attending angels shout for joy, And the bright angels sing Mortals behold the sacred seat Of our descending king. His own soft hand shall wipe the tears From every weeping eye And pains and groans and griefs and fears And death itself shall die. Tune: Northfield (Jeremiah Ingalls - I think) Words: Isaac Watts No 155 in some Sacred Harp book whose title I failed to transcribe in the days when I was not so careful with attribution. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Lord, How Long? (spiritual) From: Willa Date: 09 Nov 08 - 07:30 AM Perhaps it's from this one. MY FATHER, HOW LONG? cho: My father (mother, etc.), how long, My father, how long My father, how long Poor sinner suffer here. And it won't be long And it won't be long And it won't be long Poor sinner suffer here. We'll soon be free (3x) De Lord will call us home. We'll walk de miry road (3x) Where pleasure never dies. We'll walk de golden streets Of de New Jerusalem. My brudders do sing De praises of de Lord. We'll fight for liberty When de Lord will call us home. Several negroes were jailed for singing this in Georgetown, SC, t the outbreak of the Civil War. >From Slave Songs of the United States, Allen Ware & Garrison (1867) |
Subject: Lyr Req: My Lord, How Long? (spiritual) From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Nov 08 - 03:17 AM Garrison Keillor sometimes sings this song: MY LORD, HOW LONG? My Lord, how long? My Lord, how long? My Lord, how long? This poor sinner's suffering. It won't be long, It won't be long, It won't be long, This poor sinner's suffering. Is it traditional, or is it Keillor's creation? I'm sure there must be other verses; and it's a "zipper" song, so it's not hard to make up new verses - but does anybody know anything about this song or its sources, and and does anybody know other verses? Thanks. -Joe- |
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