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Do You Live By Prayer?
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: from Bahama Songs and Stories: Volume 3 By Charles Lincoln Edwards
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: early 1900s;
RECORDING INFO: Do You Live By Prayer?
Charles Lincoln Edwards. Bahama Songs and Stories: Volume 3
OTHER NAMES:
RELATED TO: When I Can Read My Title Clear (lyrics)
SOURCES: Bahama Songs and Stories: Volume 3 by Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895;
NOTES: "Do You Live By Prayer? " is a traditional spiritual. This version is from Bahama Songs and Stories: Volume 3 By Charles Lincoln Edwards. These songs were brought to the Bahamas by African-Americans and are quite old.
The last three verses are based on the following text from Watts:
When I Can Read My Title Clear- Isaac Watts, pub. 1707
When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
Do You Live By Prayer?- Collected by Charles Lincoln Edwards
Do you live by prayer?
Do you live by prayer?
Oh yes, I do live by prayer.
Do you live by prayer?
Do you live by prayer?
Oh yes, I do live by prayer.
Re-e-member me,
Re-e-member me,
Oh yes, remember me.
Have you passed here before?
Have you passed here before?
Oh yes, I have passed here before.
When I can read
My title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll bid farewell
To ev'ry fear,
An' wipe my weepin' eyes.
Then I can smile
At Satan's rage
To see a burnin' world.
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