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Come Over Here, the Table Is Spread/Come Over Here/Come over Here Where the Table is Spread/At The Table
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: collected by Smithsonian Folkways from The Starlight Gospel Singers of Perry Co., Alabama in 1954
SHEET MUSIC:
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNZK8vC8KQY
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1900s
RECORDING INFO: Come Over Here
Heavenly Lights Come Over Here Regent 1960
Smallwood, Richard (two versions)
Fairfield Four Come Over Here Dot 1953
Zion Travelers Come Over Here Score 1953
Mello-aires of Rochester, NY. Gotham c.1952 Come Over Here
Spiritual Singers for Christ. Lance- 1951
OTHER NAMES: "Feast of the Lord," "At The Table" "Come Over Here Where the Table is Spread"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Youtube; WFMU
NOTES: "Come Over Here, the Table Is Spread" was collected by Smithsonian Folkways from The Starlight Gospel Singers of Perry Co., Alabama in 1954. It is a spiritual that is of unknown origin and is known by a variety of names including "Come Over Here Where the Table is Spread" and "At The Table." A variety of versions can be heard on Youtube and on WFMU. I consider it to be a modern spiritual circa 1940 evolving out of the "come over here" choral response.
The Spiritual Singers for Christ is one of the early recorded versions. Richard Smallwood arranged a version titled "Come Over Here Where the Table Is Spread," for the 1985 musical about Mahalia Jackson. Smallwood titled his new version, "At The Table." Compare the Mello-aires below with the Spiritual Singers 1951 version:
Come Over Here- Spiritual Singers for Christ- 1951 http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/9425 Each verse is repeated but the chords and melody change the second time.
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Feast over here (Feast over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Feast over here (Feast over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Shoutin' over here (shoutin' over here)
Where I am (where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Shoutin' over here (shoutin' over here)
Where I am (where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Freedom over here (freedom over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Freedom over here (freedom over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Come over here (come over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
And the feast of the Lord,
Is going on.
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Joy over here (joy over here)
Where I am (Where I am)
Where the feast of the Lord,
Is going on
Come Over Here, the Table Is Spread- The Starlight Gospel Singers; Perry Co., Alabama, 1954
cHORUS: Oh come over here
Oh come over here
The table is spread
He saw the Lord
He saw the Lord
In goin home.
We will drink from the fountain
Never goes dry
Trouble over bye and bye.
VERSE: I've got a mother over there
I've got a mother over there
I've got a Jesus over there
I've got a Jesus over there
Where The feast of the Lord is going on.
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