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All Is Well
See also: All is Well- J. T. White 1844
Spiritual based on Shape-note Gospel; Tune: J. T. White 1844, Lyrics: Anon,
ARTIST: collected by Virginia Bales and appears in Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, No. 7, p. 109.
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1867 (Lowry); First Recorded in 1930 by Lee Wells and his Jasper Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
RECORDING INFO: All Is Well [Me III-D 80]
Mf - Come, Come Ye Saints
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p 90/# 58
Hazen, Celeste. Flanders, Helen H. & George Brown / Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Folklore Associates, Bk (1968/1931), p 78 [1930]
OTHER NAMES: "Come, Come Ye Saints,"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "All is Well" is a traditional spiritual based on the shape-note gospel song, "All is Well" (Sacred Harp by J. T. White 1844, with traditional lyrics). The spiritual was collected by Virginia Bales and appears in Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, No. 7, p. 109.
ALL IS WELL- Shape note hymn, J. T. White 1844
1. What's this that steals upon my frame,
Is it death? Is it death?
That soon will quench this mortal flame,
Is it death? Is it death?
If this be death, I soon shall be
From ev'ry pain and sorrow free.
I shall the King of Glory see.
All is well, All is well.
ALL IS WELL-Virginia Bales, Texas Folklore Society, 1928
What is dis dat steals, dat steals across my brow?
Is it death?
What is dis dat steals, dat steals my breath away?
Is it death?
If dis be death I soon shall be
From ev'ry pain and sorrow free
I shall de King ob Glory see,
All is well, all is well.
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