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Children, We All Shall Be Free
Spiritual and Gospel Hymn;
ARTIST: Jubilee Singers 1883
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: circa 1883
RECORDING INFO: Children, We All Shall Be Free
OTHER NAMES: "We All Shall Be Free"
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SOURCES: J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. 1880s, Houghton Mifflin. Songs appear in several editions, USA and UK, 1870s-1880s; all with musical scores.
NOTES: "Children, We All Shall Be Free" is an African-American spiritual from Jubilee Singers in 1883. It's No. 6 in J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. 1880s, Houghton Mifflin. Songs appear in several editions, USA and UK, 1870s-1880s; all with musical scores.
Children, We All Shall Be Free- Jubilee Singers 1883
Chorus: Children, we all shall be free,
Children, we all shall be free,
Children, we all shall be free,
When the Lord shall appear.
1. We want no cowards in our band,
That from their colors fly,
We call for valiant-hearted men,
That are not afraid to die.
2. We see the pilgrim as he lies,
With glory in his soul;
To Heaven he lifts his longing eyes,
And bids this world adieu.
3. Give ease to the sick, give sight to the blind,
Enable the cripple to walk;
He'll raise the dead from under the earth,
And give them permission to fly.
"The words, "On Jordan's stormy banks I stand," are sometimes sung to this strain."
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