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Dat Lonesome Stream
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: From Lomax; American Ballads and Folk Songs 1934
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: probably 1800s; 1934
RECORDING INFO: Dat Lonesome Stream
J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs.
OTHER NAMES: "That Lonesome Stream"
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SOURCES: Folk index; J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs.
NOTES: "Dat Lonesome Stream" is a traditional gospel from the J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs.
DAT LONESOME STREAM- J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax 1934 American Ballads and Folk Songs. Rat, Tight-Eye, Double Head, along with a chorus of other convicts at Camp D, Parchman, Mississippi, sang this fine spiritual.
When you look way 'cross dat lonesome stream,
When you look way 'cross dat lonesome stream,
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
When you look way 'cross dat lonesome stream—
When you look way down dat lonesome road,
When you look way down dat lonesome road,
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
When you look way down dat lonesome road—
I got a mother dead an' gone,
I got a mother dead an' gone,
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
I got a mother dead an' gone.
She lef' me here to weep an' mo'n,
She lef' me here to weep an' mo'n,
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
She lef' me here to weep an' mo'n,
Dark cloud risin' in de eas',
Dark cloud risin' in de eas',
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
Look like it gonna be a storm.
When I look way 'cross dat lonesome stream,
When I look way 'cross dat lonesome stream,
Way to Zion, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
When I look way 'cross dat lonesome stream-
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