Did You Hear My Jesus?

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Did you hear my Jesus when He called you (x3), For to try on your long white robe." Verses: "Heaven gates are open, come along, come along... hear my Jesus when He calls you." "My mother's in the kingdom...." "Going to meet her yonder...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 134-135, "Ef You Want to Get to Hebben (Did You Hear My Jesus?)" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 230-231 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #15248
NOTES [34 words]: Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute repeats the verse line -- including "come along, come along" -- three times, followed by "Hear my Jesus when he calls you." - BS
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