Is There Anybody Here- Jennifer Bynum

Is There Anybody Here?

Jennifer Bynum

Is There Anybody Here That Loves my Jesus/Anybody Here/

Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;

ARTIST: From Old Plantation Hymns by William Eleazar Barton (Boston, etc.: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899)

CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel 

DATE: 1800s; Old Plantation Hymns by William Eleazar Barton (Boston, etc.: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899

Robert Sims:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j9MOt63E54

RECORDING INFO: Anybody Here/
Is There Anybody Here That Loves my Jesus

Haddon, Damita & Deitrick  Is There Anybody Here

Barton, William Eleazar/  Old Plantation Hymns by (Boston, etc.: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899)
Work, John W. / American Negro Songs and Spirituals, Dover, Bk (1998/1940), p206
James, Viola; and Congregation. Sounds of the South, Atlantic 7-82496-2, CD( (1993), trk# 1.10 [1959/07ca]
Thorpe, Dwayne. Come and Keep Me Company, Minstrel JD-209, LP (1981), trk# A.02

OTHER NAMES: "Is There Anybody Here," "Is There Anybody Here That Loves my Jesus"

SOURCES: Folk Index;

NOTES: "Anybody Here" better known as "Is There Anybody Here" is a traditional spiritual first appearing in Old Plantation Hymns by William Eleazar Barton (Boston, etc.: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899). Barton says the melody is Scotch and compares it to "Within A Mile Of Edinboro Town." Robert Sims does a traditional version on youtube and Damita & Deitrick Haddon's version titled "Is There Anybody Here," is an ubeat modern version.
 
ANYBODY HERE? Old Plantation Hymns by William Eleazar Barton (Boston, etc.: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899


CHORUS: Is there anybody here who loves my Jesus?
Anybody here who loves my Lord?
Oh I want to know if you love my Jesus
Oh I want to know of you love my Lord.

VERSE: The angel's wings were tipped with gold,
That bro't salvation to my soul.

VERSE: What kind of shoes do you wear,
That you can walk on the air?

This world is a wilderness of woe
Let us all to glory go

I do believe without a doubt,
A Christian has a right to shout.

Religion is a blooming rose
And none but them that feel it know

You say you're aiming for the skies,
Why don't you stop your telling lies.

When ev’ry star refuse to shine
I know King Jesus will be mine.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?- John Work

Is there anybody here who loves my Jesus?
Anybody here who loves my Lord?
I want to know if you love my Jesus
I want to know of you love my Lord

This world is a wilderness of woe
So let us to glory go

Religion is a blooming rose
And none but them who feel it know

When I was blind I could not see
King Jesus brought the light to me

When ev’ry star refuse to shine
I know King Jesus will be mine


IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?- Traditional Spiritual; Transcribed from Jennifer Bynum

REFRAIN: Is there anybody here who loves my Jesus?
Anybody here who loves my Lord?
I want to know if you love-a my Jesus.
I want to know if you love-a my Lord.

VERSE:
When I was blind and could not see,
King Jesus brought the light to me.
And when every star refused to shine,
I know King Jesus will be mine.

(repeat refrain and verse)

Oh, Brother this world is a wilderness of woe
So let us all to glory go
Cause religion is like a bloomin rose
And all who sees it, feels it knows
 

BRIDGE:
None but the righteous,
None but the righteous,
None but the righteous shall see God.
None but the righteous,
None but the righteous,
None but the righteous shall see God.

(repeat refrain)