Lyr Add: Job, Job (spiritual)

Subject: JOB, JOB (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 04:16 PM

JOB, JOB

O Job, Job, (uh-huh)
O Job, Job, (uh-huh)
Oh, what you reckin'? (uh-huh)
Oh, your daughter's dead. (uh-huh)
O, Job, Job, (uh-huh)
Oh, what you reckin'? (uh-huh)
Your servant's dead. (uh-huh)
Just listen at Job, (uh-huh)
What Job said, (uh-huh)
"Oh, bless-ed be (uh-huh)
The name of the Lord. (uh-huh)

Cho. (twice) Oh, run Mount Zion,
Run, Mount Zion,
Oh, run Mount Zion in the mornin'.

Job, Job, (uh-huh)
O Job, Job, (uh-huh)
Oh, what you reckin'? (uh-huh)
Your daughter's dead.
Just listen at Job, (uh-huh)
What Job said, (uh-huh)
"Oh, bless-ed be (uh-huh)
The name of the Lord. (uh-huh)
The Lord he giveth, (uh-huh)
And the Lord take away, (uh-huh)
An' blessed be (uh-huh)
The name of the Lord." (uh-huh)

Cho. (twice) Oh, run Mount Zion, etc.

Oh, Joshu-ay, (uh-huh)
He prayed to God, (uh-huh)
To stop the sun (uh-huh)
An' he stopped it dead, (uh-huh)
Right on the line. (uh-huh)
An' the battle was foughten (uh-huh)
Ten seven times. (uh-huh)

Cho. An' the sun stop steady,
Sun stop steady,
Sun stop steady in the mornin'.

Cho. Oh, swing low chariot,
Swing low, chariot,
Oh, swing low chariot, in the mornin'.

Cho. Oh, I want to go to Heaven,
I want to go to Heaven,
I want to go to Heaven in the mornin'.

Cho. Ah, weep on, Mary,
Weep on, Mary,
Oh, weep on, Mary, in the mornin'.

Cho. Oh, moan on, Marthy,
Oh, moan on Marthy,
Oh, moan on, Marthy, in the mornin'.

Vera Hall, Dock Reed and Jesse Allison, Livingston, AL. Taken directly from recordings.
The compilation in The Singing Country, John A. and Alan Lomax, p. 14-16, is a composite with verses added from the version by Ed Jones. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound (recordings 63-66).
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JOB, JOB (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Nov 01 - 05:04 PM

JOB, JOB II

Cho. 1 (Sung twice)
Swing low, chariot,
Swing low, chariot,
Swing low, chariot in the mornin'.

O, Josh-uay was
The son of Nun,
And God was with him
Until his work was done.
God opened the window,
And began to look out,
And the ram horn blowed
An' the children did shout,
Well, The children did shout
Till the hour of seven,
When the walls fell down
An' God heard it in Heaven.

Cho. 1
Swing low, chariot,
Swing low, chariot,
Swing low, chariot, in the mornin'.
Cho. 2
Up Mount Zion,
Up Mount Zion,
Up Mount Zion in the mornin'.

O Job, O Job,
Oh, what the captain say?
Just listen to Job
What Job he said,
"The Lord he giveth,
And the Lord he take away,
And bless-ed be,
The name of the Lord."

Cho. 1 and 2.

Well, Methusalum
Was the oldest man,
The oldest man
Ever lived on earth,
He lived nine hundred
And sixty-nine,
And died and went to Heaven,
Well, in due time.

Cho. 1 and 2

Ed Jones, Livingston, AL. Spirituals, recording 62; John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JOB, JOB (spiritual)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 02 Dec 01 - 11:26 AM

Harold Courlander recorded a very long version of "Job, Job," sung by Rick Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman. The sound recording is on Folkways FE 4472 (not heard). The text and music are in Negro Folk Music U.S.A. (Columbia UP, 1963, pp. 53-56, pp. 226-226). He comments:

A song usually known as "Job, Job" is one of the outstanding epics of the Negro religious literature. Rarely heard twice the same way because of its length, its scope, and its rich fare, the song alludes to significant scenes scattered throughout the Old and New Testaments. Whether these scenes ever appeared in a more or less chronological order is not evident, but as now heard there is no rigid sequence. (p. 52)

Another 4-stanza version ("Job, Oh Job") is in Solomon, Honey in the Rock (Mercer UP, 1991, pp. 74-75).

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JOB, JOB (spiritual)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 08:42 PM

JOB, OH JOB
(additional verses)

I call for the water uh huh
For to wash my hand uh huh
I won't be guilty uh huh
For the innocent man uh huh
Cho.
Rock Mount Zionee, rock Mount Zionee,
Rock Mount Zion in the morning
Swing low chariot, swing low chariot
Swing low chariot in the morning.
Cho.
Oh one of these mornings uh huh
Bright and fair uh huh
Oh me en my Lord uh huh
Gonna try the air uh huh.
Cho.
Lord I ain't been to heaven uh huh
But I've been told uh huh
That the gates are pearl un huh
And the streets are gold uh huh.
Cho.
Ef you git to heaven uh huh
Before I do uh huh
Just tell them all uh huh
I'm coming to uh huh.
Cho.
Oh Joshua was uh huh
The son of Nun uh huh
When he got to heaven uh huh
His work was done uh huh.
Cho.
One day, one day uh huh
I was walkin' round uh huh
En the elements open uh huh
En the love come down uh huh.
Cho.
King Jesus was a shepherd boy
Killed Goliath en shout for joy
Cho.
Oh, want to go to heaven
Want to go to heaven
Want to go to heaven
Want to go to heaven in the morning.

Swing low chariot, swing low chariot
Swing low chariot in the morning
Rock Mount Zionee, rock Mount Zionee
Rock Mount Zionee in the morning.

Rich Amerson and Dock Reed, gospel performance, with some verses common to other songs.
Honey In The Rock, 1991, Olivia and Jack Solomon, p. 120-121, Mercer Univ. Press.