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18 Nov 01 - 10:13 PM (#595388) Subject: Lyr Add: ALL MY SINS BEEN TAKEN AWAY From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) ALL MY SINS BEEN TAKEN AWAY Well, all of my sins (all of my sins) Been taken away (been taken away), (repeat) All of my sins am taken away, Glory hallelujah sung in Jesus' name, All of my sins been taken away, taken away. Sister Mary wore (Sister Mary wore) Three links of chain (three links of chain), Sister Mary wore three links of chain, An' every link was Jesus' name, All of my sins been taken away, taken away. Aurilla and Frances Horne, Livingston, Al. Both verses appear in several spirituals and gospel songs. See Keep your Hands on the Plow, in the DT, and a variant of the same song, posted by Amos (Thread: St. Pat's Day in the Mudcat Forum, 19 Mar 00, message ID 197791) for Mary wore...; also Sandburg's American Songbag. 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. @religion @gospel @spiritual |
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18 Nov 01 - 10:35 PM (#595398) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Sorcha Another verse: Mary weep and Martha mourn, Mary weep and Martha mourn, Oh, Mary weep and Martha mourn, Gabriel stood and blowed his horn, All my sins been taken away, taken away. |
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18 Nov 01 - 10:52 PM (#595404) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: wysiwyg Sorch-- source? ~S~ |
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18 Nov 01 - 10:57 PM (#595406) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Sorcha I can't remember. I'll look at albums tomorrow and see if it's there. I learned it as "3 Links of Chain", southeastern Kansas, late 1950's, early '60's. |
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18 Nov 01 - 11:30 PM (#595422) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Sorcha More.........
Mary Don't You Weep sheet music, more lyrics |
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18 Nov 01 - 11:40 PM (#595425) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Mary Wept and Martha Moaned appears in Grissom, Negro Sings a New Heaven, which I don't have. |
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19 Nov 01 - 12:41 AM (#595442) Subject: Lyr Add: SIS MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN From: masato sakurai In Newman I. White, American Negro Folk-Songs (1928; reprint ed., n.d., n.p., pp. 60-63), there're 8 versions (A to H) recorded (words only; 7 are from Alabama, 1 from N.C.). Newman says, "No local title given." The following is the version A, reported from northern Alabama, 1915-1916, MS. of G.E. Lumpkin:
SIS MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN
Sis Mary wore three links ob chain,
Chorus
I'm gwine er way on the mountain,
Sis Mary had one baby child,
O! you oughter been there when I come through,
O! Mary, Mary de Mag-delene,
In Alton C. Morris, Folksongs of Florida (University of Florida Press, 1950, 1990, pp. 168-169; with tune), there's another version, which "the white people of Florida have borrowed," recorded from the singing of Mr. John Richardson, Jacksonville, who learned the song from his father:
ALL MY SINS BEEN TAKEN AWAY
Mary wore three silver chain;
Oh, Mary weeped, and Martha moaned;
"Mary Wept an' Marthy Moaned" in Grissom (pp. 34-35, with tune) seems to be a different song:
MARY WEPT AN' MARTHY MOANED
Mary wept an'-a Marthy moaned,
Who's-a been heah since I've been gone?
I don' wan-tuh live an' die in sin, ~Masato
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19 Nov 01 - 11:00 AM (#595604) Subject: Lyr Add: ALL MY SINS BEEN TAKEN AWAY From: wysiwyg See above. ~S~ |
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19 Nov 01 - 11:01 AM (#595605) Subject: Add: (MARY WORE THREE SILVER CHAIN) From: wysiwyg See above. ~S~ |
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19 Nov 01 - 11:03 AM (#595607) Subject: Add: MARY WEPT AN' MARTHY MOANED From: wysiwyg See above. This and the preceding two posts added to aid DT harvestors and forum searchers later, by putting song titles differing from the thread title in the subject line. ~S~ |
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13 Dec 01 - 04:06 PM (#609195) Subject: Lyr Add: MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) ADD: MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN 1. Mary wore three links of chain (3 times) Ev'ry link bearin' Jesus' name; All my sins been taken away, taken away. 2. Mary weeped and Martha mourned (3 times) Gabriel stood and blowed his horn: All my sins been taken away, taken away. 3. I don't know but I've been told, (3 times) The streets in heaven are paved with gold; All my sins been taken away, taken away. 4. Can't you hear dem hosses' feet? (3 times) Slippin' an' slidin' on de golden street? All my sins been taken away, taken away. 5. My feet got wet in de midnight dew, (3 times) An' de mornin' star was a witness too; All my sins been taken away, taken away. 6. Ahm go'n' home on de mornin' train, (3 times) All don't see me go'n' to hear me sing: All my sins been taken away, taken away. Verses 4 and 5 don't appear in other versions. The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, 1927, p. 474-475, with music. @religion @spiritual
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13 Dec 01 - 04:19 PM (#609205) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Also see JORDAN DEEP AND JORDAN WIDE, threadid 41123 |
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10 Feb 02 - 10:20 PM (#647003) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: wysiwyg Did anyone search and post )if not already posted) the ones Sorcha mentioned above? All the rest of the above is indexed. Posting index soon. ~Susan |
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03 Jul 02 - 11:55 PM (#741937) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: All My Sins been Taken Away From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Many verses in common among versions of these spirituals. See thread 49184 for Mary and Martha spirituals, including "Pharaoh' Army and Bow Low, Mary. Mary Martha See thread 7873 for Mary Don't You Weep and allied. Mary Weep |
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29 Jan 12 - 03:10 AM (#3298307) Subject: Lyr Add: Mary Wore Three Links of Chain From: Joe Offer I went to an Andrew Calhoun house concert this evening, and one of the songs he sang was "Mary Wore Three Links of Chain," which he had found in Sandburg's 1927 American Songbag (page 474). I promised a friend the lyrics, so I might as well post them here, too. MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN Mary Wore Three Links of Chain Mary wore three links of chain, Mary wore three links of chain, Mary wore three links of chain, Ev'ry link bearin' Jesus' name; All my sins been taken away, taken away. Mary weeped and Martha mourned, Mary weeped and Martha mourned, Mary weeped and Martha mourned, Gabriel stood and blowed his horn; All my sins been taken away, taken away. I don't know but I've been told, I don't know but I've been told, I don't know but I've been told, The streets in heaven are paved with gold; All my sins been taken away, taken away. Can't you hear dem horses' feet? Can't you hear clem horses' feet? Can't you hear dem horses' feet Slippin' and slidin' on de golden street? All my sins been taken away, taken away. My feet got wet in de midnight dew, My feet got wet in de midnight dew, My feet got wet in de midnight dew, An' de mornin' star was a witness too; All my sins been taken away, taken away. I'm go'n home on de mornin' train, I'm go'n home on de mornin' train, I'm go'n home on de mornin' train, All don't see me go'n to hear me sing: All my sins been taken away, taken away. Sandburg's notes: One of the sublime creations of the negro race in America...mystic, simple, poetic, elusive, tinted with the shadings of the light that never was on land or sea..."I'm" is "Ahm," "wore" is "woh," and so on. -Joe- |
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29 Jan 12 - 09:18 AM (#3298416) Subject: RE: ADD: All My Sins been Taken Away/Mary Wore 3 Links From: GUEST,Brad Sondahl I remember a verse from some 78 source I got drunk, got thrown in jail I got drunk, got thrown in jail I got drunk, got thrown in jail Ain't got no money to go my bail, All my sins are taken away, taken away. |