Lyr Add: Ef Ye Want to See Jesus

Subject: Lyr Add: EF YE WANT TO SEE JESUS
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 28 May 05 - 10:29 PM

Lyr. Add: EF YE WANT TO SEE JESUS

Ef ye want to see Jesus,
Go in de wilderness,
Go in de wilderness,
Go in de wilderness,
Ef ye want to see Jesus,
Go in de wilderness,
Leanin' on de Lord.

Oh, brother, how d'ye feel,
when ye come out de wilderness,
come out de wilderness,
come out de wilderness
Oh, brudder how d'ye feel,
when ye come out de wilderness,
Leanin' on de Lord.

I felt so happy when I come out de wilderness,
come out de wilderness,
come out de wilderness.
I feel so happy when I come out de wilderness,
Leanin' on de Lord.
Oh, leanin' on de Lord,
Leanin' on de Lord,
Oh leanin' on de Lamb of God, who was slain on Calvary.

2.
I shouted Hallelujah, when I come out de wilderness---*
Leanin' on de Lord.
I heard de angels singin', when I come out de wilderness---
Leanin' on de Lord;
I heard de harps a harpin', when I come out de wilderness---
Leanin' on de Lord.

Cho-
Oh, Leanin' on de Lord, ---

3.
I heard de angels moanin', when I come out de wilderness---
Leanin' on de Lord.
I heard de deb'l howlin', when I come out de wilderness---
Leanin' on de Lord.
I gib de deb'l a battle, when I come out de wilderness---
Leanin on de Lord.

* as sung in the first verse. With music, which is similar but not the same as "Down in Alabam'," or "Old Gray Mare."
Note by Fenner: "My father sang this hymn* and said he knew a time when a great many slaves were allowed to have a revival for two days, while their masters and their families had one; and a great many professed religion. And one poor, ignorant man, professed religion, and praised God, and sang this hymn."
*Not sure what 'wilderness' hymn is referred to in this comment.

"Cabin and Plantation Songs," Thomas P. Fenner, 1874, in "Hampton and its Students," Armstrong and Ludlow. http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/armstrong/menu.html

Quite different from the spiritual, "Go in de Wilderness," in Allen 1864, in which the song is about entering the wilderness, not coming out. That spiritual is posted in thread 31024, Brave Boys Died---:
Go In De Wilderness