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Come Along and Shout Along
Public Domain Revival Gospel; Word and Music J. F. Wade 1855,
ARTIST: from George P. Jackson's Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1855
RECORDING INFO: Come Along and Shout Along - Wade, J. F.
At - Never Get Tired
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p202/#195 [1855] (Heaven Born Soldiers)
W.P. Detherow. Wolf Collection 1952
OTHER NAMES: "Never Get Tired" "Heaven Born Soldiers"
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SOURCES: Folk Index; George P. Jackson's Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America; Wolf Collection
NOTES: "Come Along and Shout Along" or "Shout Along" is a revival hymn collected from George P. Jackson's Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America. A version titled "Shout Along" [with recording- see below] appears in the Wolf Collection sung by W.P. Detherow in 1952. The Folk Index (through Jackson) attributes the soong to J. F. Wade in 1855.
Come Along and Shout Along- Jackson 1933
Never get tired a-serving of the Lord
Come along and shout along,
Ye heaven-born [bound] soldiers,
Come along and shout along
And pray by the way.
SHOUT ALONG (SHOUT ALONG AND PRAY ALONG)
Sung by: W.P. Detherow; Recorded in Batesville, AR, 6/25/52
Click here to listen to the original recording
http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/detherowshout1236.mp3
(Mr. Detherow: "Now I'm going to sing you several old revival songs, from when the people used to shout way back yonder. Many a times I've saw as many as
. . . high as a hundred to maybe a hundred fifty on the middle of the floor--church floor--all a-shouting and singing these songs at the same time. Sometimes someone would get happy and interrupt the preacher and they'd go to shouting, and they'd take up the rest of the time shouting and singing. This first one is going to be 'Shout Along.'")
Chorus: Shout along and pray along,
You heaven-born soldier.
Shout along and pray along,
And pray by the way.
Pray on, fathers;
Don't grow weary.
Never get tired
Serving of the Lord.
(Chorus, sung twice)
Pray on, mothers;
Don't grow weary.
Never get tired
A-serving of the Lord.
(Chorus, sung twice)
(Mr. Detherow: "They always added the 'Pray on, brothers,' and 'Pray on, Sisters,' and Pray on, classmates,' and kept it on 'til they all got ready to quit, and then they'd jump on another song right immediately and just keep a-singing 'til . . . for hours.)
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