The winter'll soon be over (Traditional)

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Editor: Christopher R. Baker - Online Christmas Songbook (added 2000-11-27).   Score information: kbytes   Copyright: other

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Title: Winter'll Soon be Over, The
Composer: Traditional

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Spiritual
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, (1909)

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External websites:

Hampton Institute book of Spirituals:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/armstrong/armstrong.html

Original text and translations

English text

REFRAIN:

Oh, the winter, (winter),

the winter, (winter),

the winter'll soon be over, children;

the winter, (winter),

the winter, (winter),

the winter'll soon be over, children;

the winter, (winter),

the winter, (winter),

the winter'll soon be over, children;

Yes, my Lord:

1.

'Tis Paul and Silas bound in chains,

And one did weep, and the other one did pray.

For you see me going along so,

I has my trials here below.

2.

Oh, look up yonder, what I see,

Bright angels comin' after me.

I bend my knees on holy ground,

And ask the Lord for turn me around.

3.

I turn my eyes towards the sky,

And ask the Lord for wings to fly;

If you get there before I do,

Look out for me, I'm comin' too.

4.

Oh Jordan's river's deep and wide,

But Jesus stands on the heavenly side;

And when we get on Canaan's shore,

We'll shout, and sing forever more.

Lyrics: Verses 1,4 - Slave Songs of the United States , collected by Willaim Francis Allen etc., 1867

Verses 2,3 - Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1909 edited by CRB