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An' Am I Born to Die/Idumea/And Am I Born to Die?/Am I Born to Die?
Shape-Note Gospel Words by Charles Wesley (1763); Music by Ananias Davisson, 1816
ARTIST: From Jackson; Words by Charles Wesley (1763); Music by Ananias Davisson, 1816 Ananias Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816.
Am I Born To Die? Tim Eriksen- Cold Mountain Disk 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50IoS2nY7I
Banjo version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK8MU70ES7g
CATEGORY: Traditional Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Ananias Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816
RECORDING INFO: Am I Born to Die - Wesley, Charles/Traditional Ananias Davisson
Lomax, Alan / Folksongs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p246/#125
Brown, Mason; and Chipper Thompson. Am I Born to Die. An Appalachian Songbook, Dorian Dor 83217, CD (1999), trk# 15
Owens, William A.. Owens, William A. (ed.) / Texas Folk Songs. 2nd edition, SMU Press, Bk (1976/1950), p164b [1930s] (And Am I Born To Die)
Watson, Doc. Doc Watson Family Tradition, Rounder 0129, CD (2005/1977), trk# 12 [1964/09] (And Am I Born To Die)
Watson, Doc. Out in the Country, Intermedia/Quicksilver QS 5031, LP (1982), trk# 5
The Evangelist Soul Seekers - Am I Born To Die c/w Whan Can I Tell Him Now?
unknown (org, g, d) Frank Smith, George Fairman, Flen Chestnut, Emanuel Edwards, John Cantey, Frank Dixon, Arthur Austin (vocal group) November 12, 1958
OTHER NAMES: "And Am I Born to Die?," "Am I Born to Die?"
SOURCES: Ananias Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816
NOTES: 47b Idumea; Tune: Ananias Davisson, 1816; Words: Charles Wesley, 1763;
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6). Appears in the Sacred Harp 47b Idumea (And Am I Born to Die?) and was published as an African-American spiritual in Calhoun's Plantation Songs- 1931.
AN' AM I BORN TO DIE- Jackson "White and Negro Spirituals" 1934 with Music p. 169
An' am I born to die,
To lay dis body down?
An' shall I fear to own, His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?
IDUMEA (AND AM I BORN TO DIE) John Quincy Wolf, Jr Collection
Sung by: Orville McInturff; Recorded in Marshall, AR 8/6/62
And am I born to die,
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
And when from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Will then my portion be.
Am I Born To Die? Tim Eriksen- Cold Mountain Disk 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50IoS2nY7I
And am I born to die
To lay this body down
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary region's of the dead
Where all things are forgot
Soon as from Earth I go
What will become of me
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be
IDUMEA- The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
47b Idumea; Tune: Ananias Davisson, 1816; Words: Charles Wesley, 1763;
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought;
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot!
Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!
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