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Born Again/Born Agin
Traditioanl Old-Time, Gospel
ARTIST: John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip from Ben Donner, near Livingston, Alabama
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: Probably 1800s; 1939
RECORDING INFO: Born Again
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
OTHER NAMES: "Born Agin"
RELATED TO: "I Know I Got Religion" songs; "Born Again" songs
Christland Singers You Got to Be Born Again Nashboro c.1956
http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/6280
"I know I got Religion, Yes, Yes" JM Gates
SOURCES: Mudcat; Slave Songs of The United States
NOTES: "Born Again" is a spiritual that was collected from Ben Donner near Livingston, AL as part of John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. This is a related to several "I know I got religion" and "born again" songs:
Ye Must Be Born Again- Music George C. Stebbins, words William T. Sleeper-1877
A ruler once came to Jesus by night
To ask him the way of salvation and light;
The master made answer in words true and plain,
"Ye must be born again."
Refrain:
"Ye must be born again,
Ye must be born again,
I verily, verily, say unto thee,
Ye must be born again."
Ye children of men, attend to the word,
So solemnly uttered by Jesus the Lord;
And let not the message to you be in vain,
"Ye must be born again."
O ye who would enter that glorious rest,
And sing with the ransomed the song of the blest,
The life everlasting if ye would obtain,
"Ye must be born again."
A dear one in heaven thy heart yearns to see,
At the beautiful gate may be watching for thee,
Then list to the note of this solemn refrain,
"Ye must be born again."
You Must Be Bornd Agin- "From East Tennessee; mountain whites; from memory; 1912" With music. E. C. Perrow, 1913, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," [2] Jour. American Folklore, vol. 26, pp. 123-173, IV Religious Songs and Parodies of Religious Songs, no. 9.
You must be bornd agin, agin;
You must be bornd agin;
Without a change, you can't be saved;
You must be bornd agin.
From "The Bevelopment of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820" - Page 337 by Kamau Brathwaite:
'I got religion':
Well, I know I got religion now
So glad
I know I got religion now
So glad
I know I got religion now
So glad
The world can't do me no harm
BORN AGAIN- John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip from Ben Donner, near Livingston, Alabama
CHORUS: I know, Lord, I been born agin
I know, Lord, I been born agin
I know, Lord, I been born agin
I know I got religion an' born agin.
I tie my hames to de gospel plow
Wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now
CHORUS:
Way down yonder I come through,
You had-a been there, you'd a-shouted too.
CHORUS:
He give me de gif' an' told me to go,
Give me de horn an' told me to blow.
CHORUS:
So glad born again,
So glad I been born agin,
I know I got religion an' born again.
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