Let Us Praise Him
DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Let us praise Him (x2), "Glory, Hallelujah, Let us praise Him, Oh praise"(x2), Glory Hallelujah." Verses: "I once was lost but now am found (x2)." "I never shall forget that day, When Jesus washed my sins away"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 195, "Let Us Praise Him" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 121 in the 1901 edition)
Roud #15270
NOTES [22 words]: In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses every alternate line is "Glory, Hallelujah." - BS
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