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Meeting At The Building/All Over This World/All Ober Dis Yer World/All Ober Dis World
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel
ARTIST: From From: Moses Asche and Alan Lomax, The Leadbelly Songbook, Oak, 1962, p. 44
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1896; First Recorded Rosetta Tharpe 1942
RECORDING INFO: All Ober Dis Yer World/All Ober Dis World
Emma M. Backus, Columbia Co. Georgia; Journal of American folklore, Volumes 9-10 - Page 264 American Folklore Society 1896
E. A. McIlhenny's Black Spiritual Collection from Avery Island Louisianna
"All Ober dis Worl'" p. 51
Moses Asche and Alan Lomax, The Leadbelly Songbook, Oak, 1962, p. 44
Befo' De War Spirituals (1933; quoted from Peters, Lyrics of the African-American Spiritual, p. 264)
Rosetta Tharpe recorded "All Over This World" in 1942 (on Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 2, Document DOCD-5335).
OTHER NAMES: "All Over This Here World," "All Ober Dis Worl' " "All Over This World"
SOURCES: JOAFL;
John W. Work, American Negro Songs (1940; Dover, p. 167; with music). The same version (2 verses only; no music) is in Work, Folk Song of the American Negro (1915; Negro Universities Press, 1969, p. 57).
Moses Asche and Alan Lomax, The Leadbelly Songbook, Oak, 1962, p. 44
NOTES: "Meeting At The Building" is Leadbelly's version of "All Over This World", a traditional spiritual, is also known as "All Ober Dis Yer World" or "All Ober Dis Worl'" [E. A. McIlhenny's Black Spiritual Collection from Avery Island Louisianna "All Ober dis Worl'" p. 51].
The common title is "All Over This World" [See: All Over This World-John Work].
This version is from Emma M. Backus, Columbia Co. Georgia in the Journal of American folklore, Volumes 9-10 Page 264 in 1896.
All Ober Dis Yer World- Emma M. Backus, Columbia Co. Georgia
If yo' get ter Heaben befo' I do,
All ober dis yer world,
O tell my Lord I'se a-comin' too.
All ober dis yer world.
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
Soon be ober, soon be ober :
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world.
For de burnin' time is er comin' ober,
All ober dis yer world,
An' ashes 'ill fill de breath od Heaben.
All ober dis yer world.
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
Soon be ober, soon be ober :
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world.
Den de mournin' times 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world,
An' I'll be counted in de number,
All ober dis yer world.
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
Soon be ober, soon be ober :
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world.
Den de prayin' times 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world,
You'll hyar de sinners graonin' under,
All ober dis yer world.
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
Soon be ober, soon be ober :
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world.
But de weepin' time 'ill soon ober,
All ober dis yer world,
Whne Jesus ridin' in de glory,
All ober dis yer world.
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
Soon be ober, soon be ober :
O glorious time 'ill soon be ober,
All ober dis yer world.
ALL OVER THIS WORLD- Befo' De War Spirituals (1933; quoted from Peters, Lyrics of the African-American Spiritual, p. 264)
All over this world,
All over this world,
Yes, all over this world.
All over this world.
Going to the graveyard soon be over,
Soon be over, soon be over,
Going to the graveyard soon be over,
All over this world.
'Burking the gospel soon be over,
Old back-biting soon be over,
Ringing of the church bell soon be over,
Oh, that praying soon be over.
All over this world,
All over this world,
Yes, all over this world.
All over this world.
"All Over This World" Traditional Spiritual John Work; First Published in 1915 in Folk Songs of The American Negro- John W. Work, American Negro Songs (1940; Dover, p. 167; with music). The same version (2 verses only; no music) is in Work, Folk Song of the American Negro (1915; Negro Universities Press, 1969, p. 57).
CHORUS: All over this world,
All over this world,
All over this world,
All over this world.
1. All my troubles will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All my troubles will soon be over with,
All over this world.
2. All back-biting will soon be over,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All back-biting will soon be over,
All over this world.
3. All back-sliding will soon be over,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All back-sliding will soon be over,
All over this world.
4. Weeping and a-mourning will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
Weeping and a-mourning will soon be over with,
All over this world.
5. All my troubles will soon be over with,
Soon be over with, soon be over with,
All my troubles will soon be over with,
All over this world.
MEETING AT THE BUILDING- Leadbelly
[G]Meeting at the building soon be over,
[D7]Soon be over, [G]soon be over.
Meeting at the building soon be over.
[D7]All over this [G]world.
CHORUS: [C]All over this world my Lord,
[D7]All over this [G]world.
Yes, preaching at the building soon be over,
Soon be over, soon be over.
Preaching at the building soon be over,
All over this world.
Chorus
Shouting at the building...
Chorus
Lying at the building...
Chorus
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