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Come On Up to Bright Glory/I'll Be Singing Up There
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Rich Amerson; Smithsonian Folkways- Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 4.
YOUTUBE: Barrett Sisters & Blind Boys of MS singing "Come On Up To Bright Glory".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9edMs5ikfE
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: probably 1800s;
RECORDING INFO: Come On Up to Bright Glory
Rich Amerson. Smithsonian Folkways- Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 4.
Maceo Woods. Come on up to bright glory.
Mahalia Jackson Come On Up To Bright Glory;
Staple Singers
Barrett Sisters & Blind Boys of MS singing "Come On Up To Bright Glory".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9edMs5ikfE
OTHER NAMES: "I'll Be Singing Up There" "If You Miss Me From Singing" "If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus"
SOURCES: Mudcat;
NOTES: "Come On Up to Bright Glory" from Rich Amerson also known as "I'll Be Singing Up There" was used as a civil right song under the title, "If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus." Rich Amerson version can be heard on Smithsonian Folkways- Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol. 4.
Rich Amerson was one of Alabama’s best-known and most frequently recorded singers of spirituals and teller of tales. He was first recorded by John Lomax for the Library of Congress and later by Harold Courlander for Folkways Records. He was brought to the attention of these folklorists by Ruby Pickens Tartt of Livingston. These recordings were made by Ruby Tartt and Nathaniel Reed in 1961 and are part of the Tartt collection at the University of West Alabama.
Amerson was an infuence on Adele "Vera" Hall (1902-1964), considered by many music fans to be the foremost singer of the blues and African American spirituals to come out of depression-era Alabama. During her childhood and again in the 1930s, Hall attended Old Shiloh Baptist Church, near Payneville, where she became well known in the community for her singing. Along with the early influence of her parents, Hall learned much from Rich Amerson, another Sumter County folksinger and storyteller who gained national exposure through the recordings made by ethnomusicologists John Lomax and Harold Courlander. Amerson taught Hall an unusual collection of songs, including both blues and folk songs.
I'LL BE SINGIN' UP THERE
CHORUS: I'll be singing up there,
I'll be singing up there,
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be singing up there.
If you miss me singing [praying, etc.] down here,
If you miss me singing down here,
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be singing up there,
If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus- performed by Pete Seeger
If you miss me at the back of the bus
You can't find me'n all there
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be right in up there
I'll be right in up there
I'll be right in up there
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be right in up there
If you miss me on a picket line
You can't find me'n all there
Come on over to the city jail
I'll be roomed in up there ...
If you miss me on a Mississippi River
You can't find me'n all there
Come on over to the sweemin' pool
I'll be sweeming right there ...
If you miss me in the Carpentee
You can't find me'n all there
Come on over to the color-house
I'll be voten right there ...
If You Miss Me From Singing
If you miss me from singing (singin'),
You can't find me nowhere (nowhere),
Come on up to bright Glory (Glory).
I'll be singin' up there. (I'll be singin' up there.)
Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh
Way over yonder (over yonder),
Over on the other shore.
Come On Up To Bright Glory- Words and music: Traditional; Arrangement: Keith Lancaster
If you miss me from-a (x10)
If you miss me down here
If you miss me from a singin' down here
You can't find me nowhere, nowhere
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be singin' up there (you know that I'll be singing')
I'll be singin' up there, up there
I'll be singin' up there, up there
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be singin' up there
If you miss me from a servin' down here
You can't find me nowhere, nowhere
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be servin' up there (you know that I'll be servin')
I'll be servin' up there, up there (I'll be servin' up there)
I'll be servin' up there, up there
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be servin' up there
Round: I'll be singin' in heaven, I'll be singin' up there
I'll be singin' in heaven, I'll be singin' up there
If you miss me from a prayin' down here
You can't find me nowhere, nowhere
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be prayin' up there (you know that I'll be prayin')
I'll be prayin' up there, up there (I'll be prayin' up there)
I'll be prayin' up there, up there
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be prayin' up there
Repeat Round
If you miss me from a singin' down here
You can't find me nowhere, nowhere
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be singin' up there (you know that I'll be singing')
I'll be singin' up there, up there (I'll be singin' up there)
I'll be singin' up there, up there
Just come on up to bright glory
I'll be singin' up there (I'll be singin' up there)
I'll be singin' up there (I'll be singin' up there)
I'll be singin' up there (I'll be singin' up there)
Come On Up To Bright Glory- Rich Amerson
You gonna hear me praying here
You can't find me nowhere children
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be waiting up there.
CHORUS: I'll be waiting up there,
I'll be waiting up there, children
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be waiting up there.
You can't help me when I pray down here
You can't find me nowhere children
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be waiting up there.
CHORUS:
You can't tell me preach down here,
You can't find me nowhere
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be waiting up there.
CHORUS:
You can't tell me when I shout down here,
You can't find me nowhere children
Come on up to bright glory,
I'll be waiting up there.
CHORUS:
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