Reign, Master Jesus

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, reign, oh, reign, Oh, reign my Savior, Reign, Master Jesus, reign, Oh, reign salvation in my poor soul, Reign, Master Jesus, reign." "I tell you now as I told you before... To the promised land I'm bound to go." "I never shall forget that day"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
LONG DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "O reign (x3) my Saviour, Reign Massa Jesus, reign, O reign salvation in my soul, Reign Massa Jesus reign." Verses: "I never shall forget that day ... Jesus washed my sins away" "I never felt such love before ... 'Go in peace and sin no more'" I tell you now as I told you before... To the promised land I'm bound to go."
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 72, "Reign, Oh Reign" (1 text)
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 49, "Reign, Massa Jesus" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 175 in the 1909 edition)
Roud #15281 and 12082
NOTES [24 words]: In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses, every alternate line is "Reign Massa Jesus, reign." - BS
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