Zion Weep Low

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Zion weep low (x3), Then Hallelujah to the Lamb." Verses: An angel gives the singer victory palms and a golden crown. Zion weeps for sinners hunted by Satan. The singer tells "what a dolesome road" you go to reach heaven.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: Bible nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 196-197, "Zion, Weep a-Low'" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 232-233 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #15233
NOTES [51 words]: The Biblical reference is John 1:29: John the Baptist sees Jesus coming and says, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (King James).
In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses every alternate line is "Then Hallelujah to the Lamb." - BS
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