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"BLACK SPIRITUAL: ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL" by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN

First Line: MY BRUDDER SITTIN' ON DE TREE OF LIFE
Last Line: "O MY SOUL ARISE IN HEAVEN, LORD, / FOR YEARDE WHEN JORDAN ROLL"
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC;BLACK SONGS; NEGRO SPIRITUALS;

MY brudder sittin' on de tree of life
An' he yearde when Jordan roll.
Roll, Jordan,
Roll, Jordan,
Roll, Jordan, roll!
O march de angel march;
O my soul arise in Heaven, Lord,
For to yearde when Jordan roll.

Little chil'en, learn to fear de Lord,
And let your days be long.
Roll, Jordan, etc.

O let no false nor spiteful word
Be found upon your tongue.
Roll, Jordan, etc.



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