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Come and Go with Me to That Land/Don’t You Want to Go to That Land
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: from Roger McGuinn
McGuinn’s Folk Den: http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7099
SHEET MUSIC: http://books.google.com/books?id=dSqeHpL5PwsC&pg=PA19&dq=%22COME+AND+GO+WITH%E2%80%99+ME%22&lr=&cd=14#v=onepage&q=%22COME%20AND%20GO%20WITH%E2%80%99%20ME%22&f=false
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sobp-gRL9Z0
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1900s; 1963 "Jericho-Jim Crow: a Song Play" by Langston Hughes
RECORDING INFO: Come And Go With Me To That Land
Mf - Many Long Years
Dueling Banjos and other Songs for Guitar & Banjo, Warner, Sof (1973), p23
Folk Music Scene, M. Witmark, Sof (1967), p130
Carawan, Guy & Candie / Sing for Freedom, Sing Out, sof (1990), p 68
Winds of the People, Sing Out, Sof (1982), p 8
Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p115
Abe and Malka. Mandelblatt, Abe & Malka A. / 100 Guitar Accompanyments, Amsco, Sof (1974), p179
Griffin, Neil. Griffin, Neil / Deluxe Bluegrass Banjo Method, Mel Bay, sof (1974), p126
Muskrats. Rock Is Dead, Subterranean SUB 51, LP (1985), trk# A.02 (Where I'm Bound) Odetta. Odetta at Town Hall, Vanguard VRS-9103, LP (1962), trk# B.07b
Odetta. Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, Tradition TLP 1010/TCD 1, CD (1996/1956), trk# 16b
Peter, Paul & Mary. Song Will Rise, Warner WS 1589, LP (1965), trk# A.03
Reagon, Bernice (Johnson). Folk Songs: the South, Folkways FA 2457, LP (197?), trk# A.04
Travelers 3. New Sounds, Capitol T 2207, LP (196?), trk# B.04 (Come Go with Me)
Wood, Hally. Sing Out Reprints, Sing Out, Sof (1959), 2, p36
Wood, Hally. Cooney, Michael (ed.) / How Can We Keep From Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1974), p44
Wood, Hally. Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall, Folkways FN 2512, LP (1960/1958-9), trk# A.01
Roger McGuinn. McGuinn’s Folk Den
OTHER NAMES: "Come And Go With Me" "Don’t You Want to Go to That Land" "Where I'm Bound"
RELATED TO: Many Long Years
SOURCES: 1963 "Jericho-Jim Crow: a Song Play" by Langston Hughes
NOTES: "Come And Go With Me To That Land" or "Come And Go With Me" is a traditional spiritual of unknown origin. It was a freedom song in the early 1960s civil rights movement and appeared in the 1963 "Jericho-Jim Crow: a Song Play" by Langston Hughes, which helped popularlize the spiritual. Numerous versions can be found on Youtube.
It is not related to the "Come And Go With Me" that is a Gullah spiritual titled, "Come En Go Wid Me."
Ballad Index- Come and Go with Me to That Land
DESCRIPTION: "Come and go with me to that land (x3)... where I'm bound." "There ain't no moanin' in that land." "There ain't no bowin' in that land." "There ain't no kneelin' in that land." "There ain't no Jim Crow in that land."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Silber-FSWB, p. 371, "Come And Go With Me To That Land" (1 text)
Come and Go with Me- Bernice Johnson Reagon
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land,
Where I'm bound.
I got a brother in that land,
I got a brother in that land,
I got a brother in that land,
Where I'm bound.
I got a sister in that land,
Come And Go With Me- Roger McGuinn
This is an old Southern spiritual. I performed this with the Chad Mitchell Trio on the Bell Telephone Hour in the early 60s. We did it in this upbeat tempo. There’s a wonderful video of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Pete Seeger and Jean Ritchie singing it here. Marc Middleton, Bill Shaffer and his wife Mary stopped by to shoot video of this recording session and Mary sang backup on the track.
[G] Come and go with me to that land
[C] Come and go with me to that [G] land
Come and go with me to that land
Where I’m [D7] bound
[G] Come and go with me to that land
[C] Come and go with me to that [G] land
Come and go with me to that [D7] land
[G] Where I’m bound
All be together in that land
Be no sickness in that land
We’ll all be singing in that land
Nothing but peace in that land
Come and go with me
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