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Changed Mah Name/Changed My Name
Tradtional Spiritual
ARTIST: Jennifer Bynum- YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLelqaZC15g
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Changed Mah Name
Nina Simone
Marian Anderson
OTHER NAMES: "Changed My Name" "Changed Mah Name" "If He Changed My Name"
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NOTES: "Changed Mah Name" is a traditonal spiritual collected from Jennifer Bynum Green (youtube) who commented on the song:
There are several scriptures that actually reveal the fact, when we who have received the 'new birth' from God, Christ, Himself will give us a new name, no one will know, except ourselves; Revelation 2:17, the other reference is found in Revelation 3:12.
I believe that the song was born out of the hope of receiving a name from God, not only did that name give hope, but the freedom one's spirit longs for, and the hope received only from a loving God who always keeps His promises.
Yes, there are other verses, actually there are four verses, which all cry out to Jesus, Please change mah name, whatever the cost, whatever the loss, whatever the gain, just please, 'Change Mah Name'.
CHANGED MAH NAME- from NegroSpirituals.com
I tol’ Jesus it would be all right
If He changed my name
Jesus tol’ me I would have to live humble
If He changed mah name
Jesus tol’ me that the world would be ‘gainst me
If He changed mah name
But I tol’ Jesus it would be all right
If He changed mah name
The song was arranged by Robert Mac Gimsey (1898-1979) and sung by Marian Anderson. The line:
Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me
If He changed mah name
In Anderson's version, it is even more direct:
Jesus tol' me dat de world would hate me
If he changed mah name
Changed My Name- (Nina Simone)
I told Jesus it would be all right if he changed my name (3x)
And he told me that I would go hungry if He changed my name (3x)
And I told Jesus it would be all right if He changed my name (2x)
So I told him it would be all right and the world would hate me
That I would go hungry if he changed my name.
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