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Climbing High Mountains/Trying to Get Home
Tradtional Spiritual
ARTIST: from Benjamin Matthews by Susan Hinton from arrangements by Betty Jackson King and, in American Negro Songs and Spirituals, John W. Work.
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Climbing High Mountains/Trying to Get Home
Best-loved Negro Spirituals By Nicole Beaulieu Herder, Ronald Herder "Trying to Get Home"
John W. Work, "American Negro Songs and Spirituals," p. 55, with music
Benjamin Matthews on Canti Classics CD THREE GENERATIONS.
Mighty Faith Increasers Climbing High Mountains King 1962 Playlist for Sinner's Crossroads with Kevin Nutt - May 7, 2007
OTHER NAMES: "Trying to Get Home" "Climbing Higher Mountains"
RELATED TO: Climbing Up the Mountain
SOURCES: Mudcat; Best-loved Negro Spirituals By Nicole Beaulieu Herder, Ronald Herder
NOTES: "Climbing High Mountains" or "Climbin' High Mountains" is a traditional spiritual adapted from Benjamin Matthews by Susan Hinton from arrangements by Betty Jackson King and, in American Negro Songs and Spirituals, John W. Work.
Trying to Get Home- John W. Work, "American Negro Songs and Spirituals," p. 55, with music
Lord, I'm bearin' heavy burdens,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)
Lord, I'm climbin' high mountains,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)
Lord, I'm standin' hard trials,
tryin' to get home (repeat 5 times)
There are a variety of "Trying to Get Home" songs and "Climbing Mountain" spirituals. More study is needed to sort them out. A version was recorded by Blind Willie McTell [Climbing High Mountains, Tryin' To Get Home (4069-B-2)] on November 5, 1940 in Atlanta, Ga. It is part of a medley.
WADING DEEP WATERS (From the singing of Bertha Tolliver) Crooked Still
I am wading deep waters trying to get home
I am climbing high mountains trying to get home
I am walking deep valleys trying to get home
Trying to get home…
CLIMBIN' HIGH MOUNTAINS (TRYING TO GET HOME)
Learned from the singing of Benjamin Matthews on Canti Classics CD THREE GENERATIONS. Adapted, arranged, and new verses (C) 2005 by Susan O. Hinton for The Good News-Goodtime Band, from arrangements by Betty Jackson King and, in American Negro Songs and Spirituals, John W. Work.
1. Climbin' high mountains,
Tryin' to get home.
Climbin' high mountains,
Tryin' to get home.
Climbin' high mountains,
Tryin' to get home.
Lord I'm climbin' high mountains,
Tryin' to get home.
2. Burden gettin' heavy,
Tryin' to get home.
Burden gettin' heavy,
Tryin' to get home.
Burden gettin' heavy,
Tryin' to get home.
Lord my burden gettin' heavy,
Tryin' to get home.
3. Standin' hard trials,
Tryin' to get home.
Standin' hard trials,
Tryin' to get home.
Standin' hard trials,
Tryin' to get home.
Lord I'm standin' hard trials,
Tryin' to get home.
4. Follow King Jesus
Tryin' to get home.
Follow King Jesus
Tryin' to get home.
Follow King Jesus
Tryin' to get home.
Lord I'll follow King Jesus
Tryin' to get home.
5. Still on my journey,
Tryin' to get home.
Still on my journey,
Tryin' to get home.
Still on my journey,
Tryin' to get home.
Lord I'm still on my journey,
Tryin' to get home.
Climbing Higher Mountains- Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace: The Complete Recording
(L) I'm climbing (C) I’m climbing
(L) Higher mountains (C) Higher mountains
(L) Trying to get home (C) Trying to get home
(Repeat)
(L) I’m climbing (C) Climbing… (Repeat as directed)
(L) Higher mountains
Lord I’m climbing
Every day
Oh I'm climbing (C) I’m climbing
(L) Higher mountains (C) Higher mountains
(L) Trying to get home yeah (C) Trying to get home
(L) My road been a little rocky on my way home
(C) Trying to get home
(L) My road has been a little rocky on my way home
(C) Trying to get home
(L) Ow… my road (C) Climbing… (Repeat as directed)
(L) Has been a little rocky
Going on up the
Going on up the mountain
I tell you my road
(C) I’m climbing
(L) Has been a little rocky (C) Higher mountains
(L) On the way home Lord (C) Trying to get home
(L) I’m going up the Side of the mountain
On my way home (meet my people) (C) Trying to get home
(L) I’m going up the Side of the mountain On my way home
(C) Trying to get home
(L) I’m going up (C) Climbing (Repeat as directed)
(L) The rough side of the mountain Oh Jesus On my way
Vamp
(L)
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah
(C) Higher, higher (Repeat as directed)
(L) Climbing
Higher
Higher Lord
Higher
Going on higher Lord
To meet Jesus
Higher and higher
Higher
Oh higher Lord
Higher
Higher Lord
Higher
Higher
Oh… hey
Yeah higher
Higher
Higher Lord
Oh…higher
Oh higher
I'm climbing (C) I’m climbing
(L) Higher mountains (C) Higher mountains
(L) Trying to get home (C) Trying to get home…
(L)Oh… Lord
Higher Moutains- Debra Snipes
I'm climbing higher mountains (**Shadow on the 3rd & 7th time)
trying to get home (repeat 8x's)
I'm carrying heavy burdens (Shadow on the 3rd)
trying to get home (repeat 4x's)
My road gets a little rocky (shadow on the 3rd)
trying to get home (repeat 8x's)
I'm climbing higher mountains (Shadow on the 3rd and 7th)
trying to get home (repeat 8x's)
**Shadowing is copying or repeating the lead ex: I'm climbing (climbing)
climbing (climbing) higher (climbing) higher (climbing) I'm climbing higher mountains (mountains) trying to get home.
Climbing Higher Mountains (Traditional) from an Italian web-site
I'm climbing higher mountains trying to get home
I'm climbing higher mountains trying to get home
I'm climbing higher mountains Lord I'm climbing every day
Oh I'm climbing higher mountains trying to get home
My road's been a little rocky on my way home
My road's been a little rocky on my way home
My road's been a little rocky going on the mountain, going on up the mountain
I tell you my road's been a little rocky on the way home
I'm going up the wrong side of the mountain on my way home oh yes to meet my Jesus
I'm going up the wrong side of the mountain on my way home
I'm going up the wrong side of the mountain (oh dear) My Jesus
Yeah... flying higher, higher Lord, higher, going on higher Lord
to meet him higher, higher Lord...
Climbing higher, higher higher
Halleluja...
I'm climbing higher mountains
trying to get home.
Trying to Get Home- Sing out, Volumes 1-4 1950
My load is sometimes heavy,
trying to get home.
Freedom is my goal,
trying to get home.
Well, I'm climbing high mountains,
trying to get home.
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