My Army Cross Over

DESCRIPTION: ""My brother, tik keer (take care?) Satan, my army cross over" (x2). "Satan very busy, my army cross over." "Wash his face in ashes." "Put on the leather apron." "Jordan river rolling." "We'll cross the danger water."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment); 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 38, "My Army Cross Over" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 5, p. 201, "My Army Cross Over" (1 text)
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, pp. 118-119, "Army Cross Over" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11992
RECORDINGS:
Brenton Jordan and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Army Cross Over" (on McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts)
NOTES [30 words]: The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree text and McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts track are "ring shout" songs in which the leader sings a call and the basers respond "Army cross over." - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: AEG038

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