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Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day/Bear Yo' Burden Sinner
See: Bear Yo' Burden Sinner
Traditional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Paul Robeson
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDWVEMtqaO0
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Published 1882 in Marshall Taylor's African-American hymnal, A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies. Collected 1909 "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes " (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, pp. 307, 364).
RECORDING INFO: Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day
Robeson, Paul. Paul Robeson, American Balladeer, Everest 3417, LP (1977), trk# A.01
Robeson, Paul. Encore, Robeson!, Monitor MP 581, LP (196?), trk# B.04
OTHER NAMES: "Bear Yo' Burden Sinner" "Go Bear Your Burden in the Heat of the Day"
SOURCES: Folk Index; "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes " (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, pp. 307, 364) 1909.
NOTES: "Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day " comes from Paul Robeson and is based on the old spiritual "Bear Yo' Burden, Sinner" collected by Howard W. Odum and appearing in his "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes " (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, pp. 307, 364) 1909. Clearly they are related but different songs.
It was published with music in Josephine Robinson and Marshall William Taylor's 1882 African-American hymnal, A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies:
56. Go Bear Your Burden in the Heat of the Day
A. A. Whitman. Matt. 20: 12. L. M
1 Through heat and cold Christ had to go,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
To regulate the Church below,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
CHORUS: Bear it -well, bear it well,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
2 My father fought the battle at last,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
And all his days on earth are past,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
3 And ere we walk the golden street,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
We 'll tell to all the saints we meet,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
4 Religion's like a blooming rose,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day;
It's none but those who feel that knows,
Bear your burden in the heat of the day.
Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day- Robeson
CHORUS: I'm tryin' to bear Lord,
Bear me the world
I'm tryin' to bear Lord,
Bear the burden in the heat of the day
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down
Bear the burden in the heat of the day
Sometimes my feet are heavenly bound.
Bear the burden in the heat of the day
CHORUS:
Some come cripple, some come lame
Bear the burden in the heat of the day
Some come walking in Jesus name
Bear the burden in the heat of the day
CHORUS:
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