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Calling Jesus
Traditional Spiritual and Gospel Hymn;
ARTIST: Christ Memorial Singers on Rejo in 1963
YOUTUBE
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: early 1900s; circa 1930s
RECORDING INFO: Calling Jesus
Christ Memorial Singers Calling Jesus Rejo 1963
Christ Memorial Singers Calling Jesus Rejo 1961 WFMU Sinner's Crossroads with Kevin Nutt - September 10, 2009
OTHER NAMES: "Oh Sinners Jesus is Calling"
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SOURCES: WFMU; http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/14738
NOTES: "Calling Jesus" is a more modern African-American spiritual probably originating in the early 1900s. A version was recorded by Christ Memorial Singers in 1963.
Calling Jesus- Christ Memorial Singers
CHORUS: Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
You got to speak to the Lord He's calling you now
(Jesus is calling)
You got to speak to the Lord He's calling you now
(Jesus is calling)
He's calling the old calling those away
(Jesus is calling)
He calling the young calling them today
(Jesus is calling)
CHORUS: Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
Oh Sinners (Jesus is calling)
VAMP
He's calling in the morning
Calling in the noontime
Oh Jesus
Oh Jesus
Oh Jesus
Oh Jesus
Calling my mother
Calling my father
Know Him Lord (Know Him...know him)
Know Him Lord
Know Him Lord
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