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Roll, Jordan, Roll

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OriginalLa versione cantata nel film “12 Years a Slave”, diretto nel...
ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL


My brudder sittin' on de tree of life
An' he yearde when Jordan roll
Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, roll!
O march de angel march
O march de angel march
O my soul arise in Heaven, Lord
For to yearde when Jordan roll.

Little chil'en, learn to fear de Lord
And let your days be long
Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, roll!
O march de angel march
O march de angel march
O my soul arise in Heaven, Lord
For to yearde when Jordan roll.

O, let no false nor spiteful word
Be found upon your tongue
Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, Roll, Jordan, roll!
O march de angel march
O march de angel march
O my soul arise in Heaven, Lord
For to yearde when Jordan roll.
ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL

Went down to the river Jordan
Where John baptised three
Well I walked to the devil in hell
Sayin John ain't baptise me

I say
Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul arise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan roll

Well, some say John was a baptist
Some say John was a Jew
But I say John was a preacher of God
And my Bible says so too

I say
Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul arise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan roll

Alleluja!
Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul arise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan roll

Alleluja!
Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul arise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan roll

(Everybody says)…
Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul arise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan roll...


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