Negro Spirituals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCABADEBFAC GBHIJKABBL GMKGNL HMBOAAL BAAAABBMMBAC P QPMPBBAP R SRAARTMR MUL MVL M WMMMM XML M KYZA2Y MB2BB2ZA2YL QLMQLBQIN DAT GREAT GITTIN UP MORNIN | A |
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I M a gwine to tell you bout de comin ob de Saviour | B |
Fare you well Fare you well | C |
Dere s a better day a comin | A |
When my Lord speaks to his Fader | B |
Says Fader I m tired o bearin | A |
Tired o bearin for poor sinners | D |
O preachers fold your Bibles | E |
Prayer makers pray no more | B |
For de last soul s converted | F |
In dat great gittin up Mornin | A |
Fare you well Fare you well | C |
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De Lord spoke to Gabriel | G |
Say go look behind de altar | B |
Take down de silver trumpet | H |
Go down to de sea side | I |
Place one foot on de dry land | J |
Place de oder on de sea | K |
Raise your hand to heaven | A |
Declare by your Maker | B |
Dat time shall be no longer | B |
In dat great gittin up Mornin etc | L |
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Blow your trumpet Gabriel | G |
Lord how loud shall I blow it | M |
Blow it right calm and easy | K |
Do not alarm my people | G |
Tell dem to come to judgment | N |
In dat great gittin up Mornin etc | L |
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Gabriel blow your trumpet | H |
Lord how loud shall I blow it | M |
Loud as seven peals of thunder | B |
Wake de sleepin nations | O |
Den you see poor sinner risin | A |
See de dry bones a creepin | A |
In dat great gittin up Mornin etc | L |
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Den you see de world on fire | B |
You see de moon a bleedin | A |
See de stars a fallin | A |
See de elements meltin | A |
See de forked lightnin | A |
Hear de rumblin thunder | B |
Earth shall reel and totter | B |
Hell shall be uncapped | M |
De dragon shall be loosened | M |
Fare you well poor sinner | B |
In dat great gittin up Mornin | A |
Fare you well Fare you well | C |
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STARS BEGIN TO FALL | P |
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I TINK I hear my brudder say | Q |
Call de nation great and small | P |
I lookee on de God s right hand | M |
When de stars begin to fall | P |
Oh what a mournin sister | B |
Oh what a mournin brudder | B |
Oh what a mournin | A |
When de stars begin to fall | P |
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ROLL JORDAN ROLL | R |
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MY brudder sittin on de tree of life | S |
An he yearde when Jordan roll | R |
Roll Jordan | A |
Roll Jordan | A |
Roll Jordan roll | R |
O march de angel march | T |
O my soul arise in Heaven Lord | M |
For to yearde when Jordan roll | R |
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Little chil en learn to fear de Lord | M |
And let your days be long | U |
Roll Jordan etc | L |
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O let no false nor spiteful word | M |
Be found upon your tongue | V |
Roll Jordan etc | L |
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SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT | M |
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OH de good ole chariot swing so low | W |
I don t want to leave me behind | M |
O swing low sweet chariot | M |
Swing low sweet chariot | M |
I don t want to leave me behind | M |
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Oh de good ole chariot will take us all home | X |
I don t want to leave me behind | M |
Swing low sweet chariot etc | L |
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BRIGHT SPARKLES IN DE CHURCHYARD | M |
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MAY de Lord He will be glad of me | K |
In de heaven He ll rejoice | Y |
In de heaven once | Z |
In de heaven twice | A2 |
In de heaven He ll rejoice | Y |
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Bright sparkles in de churchyard | M |
Give light unto de tomb | B2 |
Bright summer spring s over | B |
Sweet flowers in der bloom | B2 |
My mother once | Z |
My mother twice | A2 |
My mother she ll rejoice | Y |
In de heaven once etc | L |
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Mother rock me in de cradle all de day | Q |
All de day etc | L |
Oh mother don t yer love yer darlin child | M |
Oh rock me in de cradle all de day | Q |
Rock me etc | L |
You may lay me down to sleep my mother dear | B |
Oh rock me in de cradle all de day | Q |
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