At The Table- Spiritual "Come Over Here"

At The Table 
Spiritual- Richard Smallwood

At The Table/Come Over Here/Come over Here Where the Table is Spread/

Traditional Spiritual

ARTIST: from Richard Smallwood 
 
SHEET MUSIC:

YOUTUBE: At The Table http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNZK8vC8KQY

CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel

DATE: 1900s; Spiritual Singers for Christ on Lance- 1951

RECORDING INFO: Come Over Here

Heavenly Lights   Come Over Here       Regent   1960   

Smallwood, Richard (two versions)

Fairfield Four   Come Over Here    Dot   1953

Zion Travelers   Come Over Here    Score   1953  

Mello-aires of Rochester, NY. Gotham   c.1952 Come Over Here   

Spiritual Singers for Christ. Lance- 1951

OTHER NAMES: "Feast of the Lord," "At The Table" "Come Over Here Where the Table is Spread"

RELATED TO:

SOURCES: Youtube; WFMU http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/9425

NOTES: "At The Table" or "Come Over Here" a spiritual by Richard Smallwood that is of unknown origin and is known by a variety of names including "Come Over Here Where the Table is Spread" and "Feast of the Lord." Richard Smallwood arranged a version titled "Come Over Here Where the Table Is Spread," for the 1985 musical about Mahalia Jackson. Smallwood titled his new version, "At The Table."A variety of versions can be heard on Youtube and on WFMU. I consider it to be a modern spiritual circa 1940 evolving out of the "come over here" choral response. 

The Spiritual Singers for Christ is one of the early recorded versions. "Come Over Here, the Table Is Spread" was collected by Smithsonian Folkways from The Starlight Gospel Singers of Perry Co., Alabama in 1954. Here's one of the early versions:

Come Over Here- Spiritual Singers for Christ- 1951  http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/9425 Each verse is repeated but the chords and melody change the second time.


Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.

Feast over here (Feast over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Feast over here (Feast over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on. 

Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on

Shoutin' over here (shoutin' over here)
Where I am (where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Shoutin' over here (shoutin' over here)
Where I am (where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on

Freedom over here (freedom over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Freedom over here (freedom over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on

Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.

Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on

At The Table- Arranged by Richard Smallwood

Come on in where the table is spread
And the feast of the Lord is going on. (repeat 3x)

Joy is where the table is spread
And the feast of the Lord is going on. (repeat)

Peace is where the table is spread
And the feast of the Lord is going on.  (repeat)

(Seeking healing for your body)
It's over here
(Seeking healing for your soul)
Over here
(Seeking your soul's salvation)
It's over here
(If you want the Lord to make you whole)
Over here

Love is where the table is spread
And the feast of the Lord is going on. (repeat)

(If you need more strength and more power)
It's over here
(relief from your budens and pain)
Over here
(Seeking for joy in your sorrow)
It's over here
(feast and you will never be the same)
Over here

Vamp: It's here right now,
What you need is waiting at the table
It's here right now,
What you need
At the table, at the table
At the table, at the table
It's here