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Cry Holy
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: Spiritual from Negro Spirituals by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; June 1867
RECORDING INFO: Cry Holy
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Negro Spirituals 1867
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RELATED TO: "John Done Saw That Number;" "Cryin' Holy to The Lord"
SOURCES: Negro Spirituals by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
NOTES: "Cry Holy" is a traditional spiritual found in Negro Spirituals by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867. This establishes "cry holy" in the African-American lexicon and a number of other spirituals using similar expressions from both black and white sources would be collected.
JOHN (DONE) SAW THAT NUMBER- Vera Hall Dock (Zebediah) Reed, and Jesse Allison, Livingston, AL
Sung: (1st verse also used as part of chorus)
1. John done saw that number,
Way in the middle of the air,
John done saw that number,
Way in the middle of the air.
CHORUS: Cryin' "Holy,"
Cryin' "Holy,"
Cryin' "Holy, my God," (also, "Holy, my Lord")
Cryin' "Holy."
Higginson remarks about "Cry Holy": The next gives the same dramatic conflict, while its detached and impersonal refrain gives it strikingly the character of the Scotch and Scandinavian ballads.
XIII. CRY HOLY
Cry holy, holy!
Look at de people dat is born of God.
And I run down de valley, and I run down to pray,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
When I get dar, Cappen Satan was dar,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
Says, young man, young man, dere 's no use for pray,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
For Jesus is dead, and God gone away,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
And I made him out a liar and I went my way,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
Sing holy, holy !
O, Mary was a woman, and he had a one Son,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
And de Jews and de Romans had him hung,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
Cry holy, holy !
And I tell you, sinner, you had better had pray,
Says look at de people dat is born of God.
For hell is a dark and dismal place,
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
And I tell you, sinner, and I would n't go dar !
Says, look at de people dat is born of God.
Cry holy, holy!
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