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Die in the Fiel'/We'll Die in the Field
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: from James Weldon Johnson & Rosmond Johnson, first issued 1925.
Originally Jubilee Singers; J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. 1880s, Houghton Mifflin. Songs appear in several editions, USA and UK, 1870s-1880s.
YOUTUBE:
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: circa 1874;
RECORDING INFO: Die in the Fiel'/We'll Die in the Field
Virginia EDU: recording of "Die in the Fiel'" can be heard on-line SOPRANO: Salena Hutcherson; ALTO: Barbara Edwards; TENOR: James Bryant: http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/christn/fieldfr.html
J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. 1880s, Houghton Mifflin.
James Weldon Johnson & Rosmond Johnson's The Book of American Negro Spirituals.
OTHER NAMES: "We'll Die in the Field"
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SOURCES: J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. 1880s, Houghton Mifflin. Songs appear in several editions, USA and UK, 1870s-1880s.
NOTES: "Die in the Fiel'" is a traditional spiritual from James Weldon Johnson & Rosmond Johnson's The Book of American Negro Spirituals. "Die in the Fiel'" is taken from "We'll Die in the Field" found in the Fisk Jubilee Singers book by J. B. T. Marsh, The Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs (1870s-1880s, Houghton Mifflin).
A recording of "Die in the Fiel'" can be heard on-line SOPRANO: Salena Hutcherson;
ALTO: Barbara Edwards; TENOR: James Bryant:
http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/christn/fieldfr.html
Die in the Fiel'- J. Raymond Johnson
O what do you say seekers,
O what do you say seekers,
O what do you say seekers,
About that gospel war?
And what do you say brothers,
O what do you say brothers,
O what do you say brothers,
About that gospel war?
And I will die in the fiel',
Will die in the fiel',
Will die in the fiel',
I'm on my journey home. Sing it over!
I will die in the fiel',
Will die in the fiel',
Will die in the fiel',
I'm on my journey home.
We'll Die in the Field- Fisk Jubilee Singers circa 1870- 1880s
1. O what do you say, seekers,
O what do you say, seekers;
O what do you say, seekers,
About that Gospel war.
And I will die in the field,
Will die in the field;
Will die in the field,
I'm on my journey home.
2. O what do you say, brothers, etc.
3. O what do you say, christians, etc.
4. O what do you say, preachers, etc.
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