Jordans River and Im Bound to Cross

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Samuel Stennett Meter: Closing Songs Numbers Images like these are expressed in this hymn, along with the desire to be there someday. The original text of this hymn was in seven stanzas with no refrain. The theme of this full text is the vision of the believer as he or she approaches death, based on the description of heaven in Revelation This text made its way to America and was adapted there to a different view.

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The elimination of three stanzas original st. In the American version, this hymn is a song for one still on the journey to a nice place instead of Stennett's picture of one who has glimpsed a breathtaking scene so near that one can almost touch it. The collection that made this text well-known was William Walker's Southern Harmony of , in which at least the first stanza of this hymn appears four times, each with a different refrain and tune.

It is named after the refrain. The original version of the tune was in three-part harmony with the tune in the middle part in a minor key. Rigdon McIntosh revised the rhythm and transcribed the tune to a major key for publication in A Collection of Hymns and Tunes in This suited the musical fashion of the time, and it is the version found in modern hymnals. This hymn is suitable for services with an eschatological theme or preaching on Revelation A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent e.

Skip to main content. Hymnary Friends, Please pardon this brief interruption, and please consider a gift today to support the work of Hymnary. On behalf of the entire Hymnary. On Jordan's stormy banks I stand. Samuel Stennett Tune: Choral The Promised Land. Representative Text 1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and happy land, where my possessions lie.

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Spirituals are on this PD list if we have a pre PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years. V - I got shoes, you got shoes, all god's chillen got shoes. V - Some go ter meetin' fer to sing an' shout, Dry bones gwine er rise ergin; 'Fore six months dey's all turned out, Dry bones gwine er rise ergin.

C - O little child'un! Dry bones gwine er rise ergin. N - Our PD source has lyrics only, no music, for this song. Listen to the trumpeters; They sound for volunteers. O'er Zion's bright and flowery mount, Behold the officers. C - O, joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho.

V - Rock o' my soul in de bosom of Abraham, rock o' my soul in de bosom of Abraham. Lord, rock o' my soul. V - I've got a crown up in the Kingdom C - I'm a-goin' to lay down this world. Ain't that good news! C - There is a Balm in Gilead, To make the wounded whole. To heal the sin sick soul. V - I know my robes going to fit me well, I'm going to lay down my heavy load; C - O, by and by, by and by, I'm going to lay down my heavy load;.

V - In the valley. C - An' I couldn't hear nobody pray. O way down yonder by myself I couldn't hear nobody pray. V - Oh, don't you want to go to that gospel feast, That promis'd land where all is peace? C - Deep river, my home is over Jordon. Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground. V - Did you hear how dey crucified my Lord.

Did you hear how He hung on de cross? C - Oh, how it makes me tremble, tremble. V - Goin' t' lay down my burden, Down by the riverside. Goin' to study war no more. C - Ain't goin't study war no more, Ain't goin't study war no more,. V - O brother, less go down. Down in the valley to pray! C - I went down in the valley to pray, Studyin' about dat good ole way. You shall wear a starry crown, Good Lord, show me de way! V - When you here me pray, my Jesus.

When you see me on my knees. When you hear me calling Jesus, Hear me, Jesus, if you please. Free at last, free at last; I thank God I'm free at last. V - When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go. Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let me people go. Let My People Go. V - I've got a robe, you've got a robe. Everybody talking 'bout heav'n ain't going there, Heav'n, Heav'n, Goin' to shout all over God's Heav'n. V - Gwine to get up in de chariot, Carry me home.

An ' I don' want her leave a me behind. C - Good news, de chariot's coming', I don' want her leave a me behind. V - De gospel train am a comin; I hear it jus' at han'; I hear de carwheels rumblin', An rollin' throo' de lan'; C - Git on bo'd lit'l children, Git on bo'd lit'l children, Dere's room for many a mo'.

Get On Board Little Children. V - Chariot rode on the mountain-top, God's going to build up Zion's walls. My God spoke and the chariot did stop. C - Great day, Great day, the righteous marching; Great day! God's going to build up Zion's walls. V - In the valley, on my knees, with my burden and my Savior! C - And I couldn't hear nobody pray. O way down yonder by myself, And I couldn't hear nobody pray. V - Oh, mother doan yo' weep, W'en yo' see dat ship come sailin' ober, Oh, mo'ner doan yo' weep! W'en yo' see dat ship said by. C - I stood on the ribber ob Jerdon To see dat ship come sailin' ober, Stood on de ribber ob Jerdon, To see dat ship sail by.

V - When the general roll is called, Yes I'll be there. C - I'll be there in the morning, I'll be there in the morning, I'll be there in the morning. V - O Lord, I've done what you told me to do. In a-that morning, O my Lord. V - I hear dem angels a-calling lus, Keep in de middle ob de road; Dey's a-waitin' dar in a great big crows. C - Den, chil'ren, keep in de middle ob de road. Don't you look to de right, don't you look to de left.

V - Little David was a shepherd boy, He killed Goliath, and he shouted for joy. C - Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu! N - Many versions with varying verses, same chorus. V - God told Moses, O Lord!

Go down into Egypt, O Lord! Tell ole Pharo' O Lord! Loose my people, O Lord! But still my soul was tossed. C - O a little talk with Jesus makes it right, all right. Troubles of ev'ry kind, thank God I'll always find That a little talk with Jesus makes it right. V - Mary and Martha's just gone 'long. To ring dem charming bells. C - Free grace and dying love. To ring them charming bells. V - I'm goin' t' join that big 'soc'ation, I'm goin' t' join that big 'soc'ation. C - Then my little soul's goin' t' shine, shine, Then my little soul's goin' t' shine along.

V - I met a pilgrim on de way, An' I ask him what he's a gwine. I'm bound for Canaan's happy lan', An' dis is de shouting band. C - My Lord delibered Daniel. Why can't he deliber me? V - My Lord's done just what He said. Healed the sick and raised the dead. C - All my sins are taken away. V - Old Noah built himself an ark, There's one wide river to cross! He built it out of hickory bark. C - There's one wide river, And that wide river is Jordan. There's one wide river to cross. C - Nobody knows de trouble I've seen, Nobody knows by Jesus.

Nobody knows de trouble I've seen. V - Some of these mornings bright and fair, Take my wings and cleave the air C - O Mary, don't you weep, don't your mourn,. Pharoah's army got drownded, O Mary don't you weep. V - Oh, freedom! Oh, freedom over me. V - Oh, sinner man, you had better pray.

Time is a-comin' dat sinner must die; For it loo a-like judgement ebry day. C - Oh, sinner, you'd better get ready, Ready, my Lord, ready, Oh, sinner, you'd better get ready, For the time is a-comin' dat sinner must die. V - Fo'ty days and fo'ty night when de rain kept a-fallin; De wicked clumb de tree, an' for help kept a-callin', For they heard de waters wailin'. C - Didn't it rain rain, didn't it rain. Tell me Noah, didn't it rain. V - See that sister dressed so fine?

She ain't got Jesus in-a her mind. C - O, the old ark's a movering, a movering, amovering. And I am going home.

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The old ark she reeled, the old ark she rocked. V - Come along, come along, and let's go home. C - Tis the old ship of Zion, Hallelujah. Tis the old ship of Zion, Hallelujah. V - I wonder where my mother is gone. I heard from heaven today.

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I thank God, and I thank you, too. C - Oh Peter, go ring dem bells. V - I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger, While journeyin' thro this world of woe. Yet there's no sickness, toil, and danger, In that bright world to which I go. C - I'm just a goin' over Jordan, I'm just a goin' over home. I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger. V - My Lord's done just what he said, Way in the kingdom; Healed the sick and raised the dead, Way in the kingdom. C - There's plenty good room. Way in the kingdom. V - Am I a soldier of the cross? A follow'r of the Lamb? Must I be carried to the skies.

Are there no foes for me to face. Sure I must fight if I would reign. V - I'm a-gonna walk on the streets of glory, some o' these days, hallelujah! V - Knocks like Jesus, Somebody's knocking at your door. C - Somebody's knocking at your door. O sinner, why don't you answer? V - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. C - A long ways from home, a long ways from home.

V - Not my brother, nor my sister, but it's me, O Lord, Standin' in the need of prayer. C - It's me, it's me, O Lord, Standin' in the need of prayer. V - My Lord calls me, He calls me by the thunder, The trumpet sounds within my soul. I ain't got long to stay here. C - Steal away, Steal away, Steal away to Jesus! Steal away, steal away home. V - I looked over Jordan and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home? A band of angels coming after me, coming for to carry me home.

C - Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. V - Did Christ o'er sinners weep? And shall our cheeks be dry? Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from ev'ry eye. C - This world is not my home. This world's a howling wilderness, This world is not my home.

V - See that band all dressed in white, God's a-going to trouble the water. Leader looks like the Israelite. C - Wade in de water, wade in the water children, God's a-going to trouble the water. V - Were you there when they crucified my Lord? C - O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, Were you there when they crucified my Lord? V - Oh, de lamp burn down an' yo' cannot see; What yo' gwine t' do when de lamp burn down? Oh, de lamp burn down an' yo' cannot see. C - Oh, po' sinner, Now is yo' time. Oh, po'sinner, What yo' gwine to do when de lamp burn down?

V - O who will drive the chariot when she cu-hu-hu-hu-hums? O who will drive chariot when she comes? C - O who will drive the chariot, O who will drive the chariot, O who will drive the chariot when she comes? V - All my troubles will soon be over C - All over this world. V - I went to the hillside, I went to pray; I know the angels done changed my name. Unable to identify original Jubilee Songs source. V - O won't those mourners rise an' tell? V - O, what preachin'! O, what preachin' over me, over me!

C - Before I'd be a slave, I'd be buried in my grave. V - My mother's broke the ice and gone C - Before this time another year. V - You kin hinder me here, but you can't do it there, For He sits in de heavens, and He answers prayer, Big camp meeting in de promised land! C - O dis union! Big camp meeting in de promised land!

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V - Lightning flashes, Thunders roll, Make me think of my poor soul. C - Can't you live humble? V - Christians hold up your heads C - Got religion all round the world, O. V - O repent, sinner, Hammering! What de hammer say? V - De coffin, de coffin, to bind me down, A folding sheet upon my lips. A silver spade to dig my grave. C - De coffin, de coffin, to bind me down. V - I was but young when I begun, And now my race is nearly run. C - Come along, come along, I am sorry for to leave you, On the road to heaven come, friends, will you go?

V - Jesus Christ, He died for me. Way down in Egypt land. Jesus Christ, He set me free, Way down in Egypt land. C - Come down Way down in Eqypt land. V - Some seek de Lord, but doan seek Him right. Lil' at de day an' none at night; C - Come down, come down, come down, sinner, yo' none too late. Sinners crying, 'Come Here, Lord! V - Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to me, O glory hallelujah! C - There's a comfort in heaven, And I feel it in my soul, O glory hallelujah! V - Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb?

And shall I fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak His name? C - We will crownd Him Lord of All. V - Never saw such a man before, Cut out the mountain without hands. Preaching gospel to the poor, C - Daniel saw the stone, Rolling, rolling, Daniel saw the stone Cut out the mountain without hands. V - I done been to heaven, an' I done been tried, I been to de water, an' I been baptized, C - Oh, swing low, sweet chariot, Pray let me enter in, I don' want to stay here no longer.

V - Oh, sooner in de mornin' when I rise, De young lambs mus' find de way. Wid crosses an' trials on ebry side, C - Oh, de ole sheep done know de road. De young lambs mus' find de way. V - Oh, look up yonder what I see, Bright angels comin' arter me. C - Oh de winter. V - O sinner! Death's goning to lay his cold icy hands on me! For to ring them charming bells!

V - What kind of shoes is dem you wear? Come togedder in de mawnin' C - An' a Lawd, dese dry bones of mine Shall come togedder in the mawnin'. V - Ef you want to get to hebben, come a-long. Hear my Jesus when He call you. C - Did you hear my Jesus when He call you. For to try on your long white robe. V - Do you think I'll make a soldier, soldier. Soldier of the cross C - Rise, shine, give God the glory glory. Soldier of the cross.

V - My head got wet with the midnight dew, Come along home to Jesus. Angels bear me witness too, Come along home to Jesus. C - Don't be weary, traveller, Come along home to Jesus.

V - Jacob's ladder slim an' tall. Don't call de roll till I git there. Haint got de faith surely yo' mus' fall. C - Oh, don't call de roll. C - Ain't that a pity, Lord! Sin and a shame, Sinner man so hard believe. Don't leave me Lord. Lord, don't leave a me behin'. V - Don't ye view dat ship a come a sailin'? Dat ship is heavy loaded. She neither reels nor totters. V - O brother don't you want to go? Come, less go down to Jordan, Hallelu! C - Less go down to Jordan. V - One day I'se a walking a long, The Lord done sanctified me. Mourner, behold de Lamb of God. C - He sanctified my soul.

V - And if those mourners would believe, Down by the river, The gift of life they would receive, Down by the riverside. C - Yes, we'll gain this world, Down by the river. Down by the riverside. C - Oh, we'll wait till Jesus comes, Down by the river. C - Oh, de downward road is crowded, crowded, crowded.

V - Dust, dust and ashes fly over my grave C - He rose, he rose, he rose from de dead. V - Ef ye want to see Jesus, Go in de wilderness. Oh, brother how d'ye feel , when ye come out de wilderness. Leanin' on de Lord. C - Oh, leanin' on de Lord. Oh leanin' upon de Lamb of God, who was slain on Calvary.

V - Hark, listen to de trumpeters, They call for volunteers. On Zion's bright and flow'ry mount, Behold the officiers. C - They look like men, They look like men of war; And armed and dressed in uniform, They look like men of war. V - Fightin on, Hallelujah! We are almost down to the shore. Hallelujah to the Lamb, Jesus died for eb'ry man.

C - We are almost down to the shore. He died for you, He died for me, He died to save de whole world free. V - O come, my brethern, one an' all, When the general roll is called I'll be there. C - I'll be there, I'll be there, When the general roll is called I'll be there. V - Oh, de band ob Gideon, oh de band ob Gideon over in Jordan. How I long to see dat day. C - Oh, de twelve white horses. Oh, hitch 'em to thje chariot. V - My Lord told a me so, so.

Gabriel's trumpet shall blow, blow C - Gwine to get on the evening train, train. Git on the evening train. V - I heard my mother say, 'Give Me Jesus'. V - You say you're aiming for the skies, You must be loving at God's command, Why don't you quit your telling lies? C - O give me your hand, Give me your hand. Al I want is the love of God.

You must be loving at God's command. V - Oh, my young Christians, I got lots for to tell yhou all. C - Live humble, humble, humble yourselves, de bell done ring. V - Whose all dem come dressed in white? Dey mus' be de children of de Israelite. C - Go Mary an' toll de bell; Come John an' call de roll. V - I'm gwine away to see my Jesus. V - O never you mind what Satan say. Cross it, I tell you, Cross it. In sum, the river Jordan in traditional African American religious song became a symbolic borderland not only between this world and the next but also between the harsh realities of present injustice and the achievement of freedom and justice on earth.

It could symbolize travel to the north and freedom or could signify a proverbial border from the status of slavery to living freely in general. A Quaker, Smith-Christopher has a particular interest in the biblical literature of Exile, issues of peace and nonviolence, and also in indigenous and diasporic interpretations of Scripture. In biblical tradition, the Jordan River serves as an important geophysical and symbolic boundary as well as a place for demonstrations of the Lord's power and for ritual immersion, or baptism.

An alternate spelling for "tel" meaning a mound or hill-shaped site containing several occupational layers one on top of the other over milennia. Related Articles 1 Jordan River In biblical tradition, the Jordan River serves as an important geophysical and symbolic boundary as well as a place for demonstrations of the Lord's power and for ritual immersion, or baptism.

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