10 Sep 01 - 04:18 PM (#546531) Subject: NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM From: wysiwyg Supersearch is down, but I doubt this has been posted. See also "Heaven bell a-ring", "Jesus sittin' on de water-side", and "The Heaven bells", in >SLAVE SONGS. ~S~
NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM Traditional Negro Spiritual REFRAIN O, nobody knows a-who I am, a-who I am, Till the judgement morning! Heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. O, the heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. Want to go to Heaven, Want to go right, Want to go to Heaven All dressed in white. The Heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. O, the heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. Don't want to stumble, Don't want to fall, Want to be in Heaven When the roll is called. The Heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. O, the heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. If you don't believe That I've been redeemed, Follow me down…. To Jordan's stream. The Heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. O, the heaven bells a-ringing, The saints all a-singing, Heaven bells a-ringing in my soul. SOURCE: American Negro Songs, 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular. John W. Work, Dover Publications, Mineola, NY 1998. Orig. pub. Crown Publishers, NY, 1940. ISBN 0-486-40271-1.
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