532. I'm Boun' to Cross the Jordan

 

 

532
I'm Boun' to Cross the Jordan

From K. P. Lewis, West Durham, 1915, as set down by Dr. Kemp P.
Battle, Chapel Hill, November 1910.

Chorus:

I'm houn' to cross the Jordan,
I'm boun' to cross the Jordan,
I'm boun' to cross the Jordan,
I'm boun' to cross the lordan,
I'm boun' to cross the Jordan,
Hallelujah !

I Oh, brothers, wc^n't you join me?
Sisters, won't you join me?

 

Sinners, won't you join me ?

For I'm boun' to cross the Jordan,

Hallelujah !

2 Oh, my brothers over Jordan,
]\Iy sisters over Jordan,
]\Iy neighbors over Jordan,
And I'm boun' to cross the Jordan,
Hallelujah !