Ananias, Ananias/ What Kind of Man Jesus Is
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs Page 110; Olivia Solomon, Jack Solomon
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s;
RECORDING INFO: Ananias, Ananias
Memphis Sanctified Singers (Johnson, Taylor Sally Sumler)
OTHER NAMES: What Kind of Man Jesus Is
SOURCES: Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs Page 127
NOTES: "Ananias, Ananias" comes from Honey in the Rock: The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs Page 127 by Olivia Solomon, Jack Solomon (Lyrics only). Another song in this collection is titled "Ananias, Ananias" (Brown Collection) but it is a different song.
It's been recorded under the title, "What Kind of Man Jesus Is" by the Memphis Sanctified Singers (Johnson, Taylor Sally Sumler):
Oh Ananias, (Ananias),
Ananias, (Ananias) tell me, what kind of man, Jesus is?
Healed the sick, (Healed the sick)
Raised the dead, (Raised the dead)
Tell me, what kind of man, Jesus is?
Healed the sick, (Healed the sick)
Raised the dead, (Raised the dead)
Tell me, what kind of man, Jesus is?
Oh Ananias, (Ananias),
Ananias, (Ananias) tell me, what kind of man, Jesus is? (Glory!)
ANANIAS, ANANIAS-Tartt Collection
VERSE: He spoke ter de win' en de win' obey,
Tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is,
Ananias, Ananias, tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is.
CHORUS: Ananias, Ananias,
Ananias, Ananias tell me, What kind uv er man is Jesus?
VERSE: He spoke ter de water en de water obey,
Tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is,
Ananias, Ananias, tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is.
VERSE: He spoke ter de stone en de stone obey,
Tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is,
Ananias, Ananias, tell me what kind uv er man Jesus is.
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