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"BLOW YOU TRUMPET, GABRIEL" by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN

First Line: DE TALLES' TREES IN PARADISE
Last Line: AND I HOPE DAT TRUMP MIGHT BLOW ME HOME / TO DE NEW JERUSALEM
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC;BLACK SONGS; NEGRO SPIRITUALS;
De talles' tree in Paradise,
De Christian call de tree of life;
And I hope dat trump might blow me home
To de new Jerusalem.
Blow your trumpet, Gabriel,
Blow louder, louder;
And I hope dat trump might blow me home
To de new Jerusalem.

Paul and Silas, bound in jail,
Sing God's praise both night and day;
And I hope dat trump might blow me home
To de new Jerusalem.

Blow your trumpet, Gabriel,
Blow louder, louder;
And I hope dat trump might blow me home
To de new Jerusalem.




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