576
GwiNE DOWN Jordan
This song is similar to No. 96 in Jackson WNS 214.
From Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county (later Mrs. C. P.
Perdue). Phonograph recording, Pekin, 1922. Each stanza has the
repetitions indicated in stanza i.
I Oh, brothers. won't you meet me,
( )li, brothers, won't yoti meet me.
( )]i, brothers, won't you meet me?
I'm bound for Canaan's happy shore.
Chorus:
I'm gwine down Jordan,
I'm gwine down Jordan,
I'm gwine down Jordan, hallelu.
I'm gwine down Jordan,
I'm gwine down Jordan,
I'm gwine down Jordan, hallelu.
2 Oh, sisters, won't vou meet me, etc.
3 Oh, mothers, etc.
4 Oh, fathers, etc.
5 Oh, sinners, etc.
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576
GwiNE Down Jordan
'Gwine Down Jordan.' Sung by Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery
county, in 1922. Cf. WNS 157, slight textual resemblances between chorus
and our stanza; also BANS 11 155.
F-S05
Oh, broth-ers, won't you meet me,
Oh, broth-ers, won't you
meet me, Oh, broth-ers, won't you meet me? I'm bound for
Ca-naan's hap - py shore.
I'm gwine down Jor - dan, I'm
gwine down Jor - dan,
I'm gwine down Jor - dan hal - le - lo.
I'm gwine down Jor - dan,
I'm gwine down Jor - dan,
I'm gwine down Jor - dan, halle lo.
Scale : Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center : f. Structure : abacddid2ci
(2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2) = aa^bbi (4,4,4,4). In the over-all form b^ is considerably
modified ; the ending is the same as that of a^.