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Do Don't Touch My Garment
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: St. Helena Island Spirituals 1925; Also found in Johnson, Second Book Of Negro Spirituals; p. 68
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: Probably 1800s; Early 1900s
RECORDING INFO: Do Don't Touch My Garment
Cormac McCarthy: American Canticles By Kenneth Lincoln
St. Helena Island Spirituals
Johnson & Johnson. Second Book Of Negro Spirituals; p. 68.
OTHER NAMES: "Do Don't Touch My Garment Good Lord"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Cormac McCarthy: American canticles By Kenneth Lincoln
NOTES: "Do Don't Touch My Garment" is a spiritual from St. Helena Island Spirituals in 1925. It was taken from a reprint in Cormac McCarthy: American Canticles By Kenneth Lincoln. The lyrics were also arranged by Johnson in Second Book Of Negro Spirituals; p. 68.
Do Don't Touch My Garment- St. Helena Island Spirituals 1925;
Do don't touch my garment, Good Lord, Good Lord,
Do don't touch my garment,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home. [Repeat]
To yo' God an' my God,
Good Lord, Good Lord,
To yo' God an' my God,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home. [Repeat]
Do don't touch my slippers, Good Lord, Good Lord,
Do don't touch my slippers,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home.
Oh, touch me not little Mary
Good Lord, Good Lord,
Oh, touch me not little Mary
Good Lord, I'm gwine home (Oh brethren)
Don't touch-a my starry crown,
Good Lord, Good Lord,
Don't touch-a my starry crown,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home
To yo' God an' my God,
Good Lord, Good Lord,
To yo' God an' my God,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home.
Good Lord, Good Lord,
Good Lord, Good Lord,
Good Lord, Good Lord,
Good Lord, I'm gwine home.
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