Dick Dufresne
Kennebunkport, Maine |
Chorus:
Sail, o believer, sail,
Sail over yonder
Sail, o my brothers, sail,
Sail over yonder.
Oh, brother, bear a hand,
Sail over yonder;
Come, brother, lend a hand,
Sail over yonder. (CHO)
Come view the Promised Land,
Sail over yonder;
Come view the Promised Land,
Sail over yonder. (CHO)
Oh, Mary, Mary weep,
Sail over yonder;
Bow low, Martha,
Sail over yonder. (CHO)
Oh my Lord coming down,
Sail over yonder;
And my Lord bars the door,
Sail over yonder. (CHO)
Oh my Lord coming down,
Sail over yonder;
Oh my Lord bears the key,
Sail over yonder. (CHO)(2X)
(Traditional gospel song from the Georgia Sea Islands,
attributed to the Quimby family.
Also in Slave Songs of the United States
by William Francis Allem, Charles Pickard Ware
and Lucy McKim Garrison,
originally published
by A. Simpon & Co, New York, 1867;
reprinted by Marcus Brinkman in 1995.
Last verse composed by Dick Dufresne.)
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