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Bear Yo' Burden/Bear Your Burden/Bear Your Burden In The Heat of The Day
See Also: Bear Your Burden In The Heat of The Day (Paul Robeson)
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Howard Odum, Negro and His Songs- 1925; Also appears in Odum 1909.
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Taylor's 1882 African-American hymnal, A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies; 1909 Odum;
RECORDING INFO: Bear Yo' Burden
Robeson, Paul (two recordings; Youtube) Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day is a related but different song.
OTHER NAMES: "Bear Your Burden," "Bear Your Burden In The Heat of The Day" "Go Bear Your Burden in the Heat of the Day"
SOURCES: Howard Odum and appears in his 1925 book, "The Negro and his Songs."
Taylor's 1882 African-American hymnal, A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies.
NOTES: "Bear Yo' Burden" was collected by Howard Odum (published first 1909) and appears in his 1925 book, The Negro and His Songs (Odum and Johnson). The last verse of Bear Yo' Burden was added on by a different singer. An echo can be done on the first two lines of the chorus.
It was published with music in Josephine Robinson and Marshall William Taylor's 1882 African-American hymnal, A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies:
56. Go Bear Your Burden in the Heat of the Day
A. A. Whitman. Matt. 20: 12. L. M
1 Through heat and cold Christ had to go,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
To regulate the Church below,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
CHORUS: Bear it -well, bear it well,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
2 My father fought the battle at last,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
And all his days on earth are past,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
3 And ere we walk the golden street,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
We 'll tell to all the saints we meet,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
4 Religion's like a blooming rose,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
It's none but those who feel that knows,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
BEAR YO' BURDEN- Odum- Negro and His Songs
The Lord is listenin' all the day long,
Bear yo' burden sinner.
If you only pray He will bear you on,
Bear yo' burden sinner.
CHORUS: Bear yo' burden sinner,
Bear yo' burden sinner,
Bear yo' burden in the heat o' the day.
I'm goin' home fer to see my Lord,
Bear yo' burden sinner.
An' don't you wish you could go along,
Bear yo' burden sinner.
The way you bear yo' burden is to get down on yo' knees,
Bear yo' burden sinner let in the heat
Ask God to forgive you, if you please,
Bear yo' burden sinner in the heat o' the day.
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