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Come Sinner, Come
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: from The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South By Howard W. Odum, Guy B. Johnson
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; 1925
RECORDING INFO: Come Sinner, Come
The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South By Howard W. Odum, Guy B. Johnson
OTHER NAMES: "Come Sinner"
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SOURCES: The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South By Howard W. Odum, Guy B. Johnson
NOTES: "Come Sinner, Come" a traditional spiritual collected by Howard W. Odum and Guy B. Johnson and published in their The Negro and His Songs: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South by Howard W. Odum, Guy B. Johnson.
Surprisingly, the well known hymn, titled "Come, Sinner Come" by William Witter in 1887, scans directly to the African-American spiritual. Witter's lyrics are written the the African-American choral response style:
COME SINNER COME- William Whitter 1887
While Jesus whispers to you,
Come, sinner, come!
While we are praying for you,
Come, sinner, come!
Now is the time to own Him:
Come, sinner, come!
Now is the time to know Him:
Come, sinner, come!
COME, SINNER, COME- Howard W. Odum, Guy B. Johnson 1925
Won't you come, won't you come?
Come, sinner, come;
That great day of wrath is comin',
Come, sinner, come
Look over yonder what I see;
Come, sinner, come;
Two tall angels comin' after me,
Come, sinner, come
Ole Satan lies in the grass,
Come, sinner, come;
Always in some sisters path,
Come, sinner, come
Ole Satan weghs mighty loose ole shoe
Come, sinner, come;
Ef you don't mind gwine slip it on you,
Come, sinner, come
Up on hillside King Jesus spoke,
Come, sinner, come;
Out of mouth came fier an' smoke
Come, sinner, come
Down in de valley, down on my knees,
Come, sinner, come;
Ask de Lord to save me if He please
Come, sinner, come
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