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Don't Ye View Dat Ship A Come A-Sailin'?/Old Ship Of Zion
Spiritual and Gospel Hymn;
ARTIST: Thomas Fenner- Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
SHEET MUSIC: http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/armstrong/armstrong.html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1874
RECORDING INFO: Don't Ye View Dat Ship A Come A-Sailin'?
Fenner, Thomas. Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
OTHER NAMES: "Don't Ye View Dat Ship?"
RELATED TO: "Old Ship Of Zion"
SOURCES: Thomas Fenner- Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
NOTES:"Don't Ye View Dat Ship A Come A-Sailin'?" is an African-American spiritual published by Thomas Fenner in "Fifty Plantation Spirituals" by the Hampton Institute in 1874. It's a version of "Old Ship Of Zion":
OLD SHIP OF ZION- Sacred Harp version, tune Thomas W. Carter, 1844.
What ship is this that will take us all home?
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
And safely land us on Canaan's bright shore?
Oh, glory hallelujah!
Chorus: 'Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelujah!
Don't Ye View Dat Ship A Come A-Sailin'? Fenner 1874
[Don't ye view dat ship a come a sailin'? Hallelujah,
Dont ye view dat ship a come a sailin'?
Dont ye view dat ship a come a sailin'?
Dont ye view dat ship a come a sailin'?
Dont ye view dat ship a come a sailin'? Hallelujah.
Dat ship is heavy loaded, Hallelujah,]
Dat ship is heavy loaded,
Dat ship is heavy loaded,
Dat ship is heavy loaded, Hallelujah.
2. Dat ship is heavy loaded, Hallelujah, &c.
3. She neither reels nor totters, Hallelujah.
4. She is loaded wid-a bright angels, Hallelujah.
5. Oh, how do you know dey are angels? Hallelujah.
6. I know dem by a de'r mournin', Hallelujah.
7. Oh, yonder comes my Jesus, Hallelujah.
8. Oh, how do you know it is Jesus? Hallelujah.
9. I know him by-a his shinin', Hallelujah.
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