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Come Down, Sinners/Come Down Sinner
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: Spiritual from The Southern Workman 1900
SHEET MUSIC: http://books.google.com/books?id=UaciAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%22Come+down,+sinner%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Come%20down
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; The Southern Workman 1900
RECORDING INFO: Come Down, Sinners
The Southern Workman 1900
Dett R. Nathaniel. Religious Folk-songs of the Negro: As Sung at Hampton Institute
OTHER NAMES: "Come Down Sinner"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: The Southern Workman 1900
NOTES: "Come Down, Sinners" is a traditional spiritual found in The Southern Workman in 1900. The accompanying note says: "An old plantation long in common use in Gloucester County, Va." The sheet music link is above. Dett has an arrangement titled, "Come Down Sinner."
Come Down, Sinners- The Southern Workman 1900 (An old plantation long in common use in Gloucester County, Va.)
1. CHORUS: Come down, come down,
Come down sinner, yo’ none too late.
Come down, come down,
O come down sinner, yo’ none too late.
[Solo] Some seek de Lord, but don' seek Him right,
[Group] Come down, sinner, yo' none too late;
[Solo] Lil' at de day an' none at night;
[Group]Come down, sin-ner, yo' none too late.
2. CHORUS: Pray hard, pray hard,
Pray hard sinner, yo’ none too late.
Pray hard, pray hard,
O pray hard sinner, yo’ none too late.
[Solo] Times ain't like dey used t' be,
[Group] Come down, sinner, yo' none too late;
[Solo] I fo' yo' an' yo' fo' me;
[Group] Come down, sinner, yo' none too late.
3. CHORUS: Bow low, bow low,
Bow low, sinner, yo' none too late;
Bow low, bow low,
O bow low, sinner, yo' none too late.
Wen' down de hill t' say my prayer,
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late;
When I got dere, ole Satan was dere,
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late,
4. CHORUS: Seek hard, seek hard,
Seek hard, sinner, yo' none too late;
Seek hard, seek hard,
O seek hard, sinner, yo' none too late.
What do yo' tink ole Satan say?
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late;
"Jesus dead, an' God gone away,"
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late.
5. CHORUS: Shout hard, shout hard,
Shout hard, sinner, yo' none too late;
Shout hard, shout hard,
o shout hard, sinner, yo' none too late;
What t' do, I did not know,
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late;
Right back home I had to go,
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late.
6. CHORUS: Mourn hard, mourn hard,
Mourn hard, sinner, yo' none too late;
Mourn hard, mourn hard,
Mourn hard, sinner, yo' none too late;
Something spoke unto my soul,
Come down, sinner, yo none too late;
"Go in peace, an' sin no mo',"
Come down, sinner, yo' none too late.
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