We're Gonna Move When the Spirit Says Move

DESCRIPTION: "We're gonna move when the Spirit says move (x2), Cause when the Spirit says move, Then you move with the Spirit; We're gonna move." Similarly, "We're gonna singe when the Spirit says sing." "We're gonna talk" "We're gonna march"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: political religious nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 305, "We're Gonna Move When The Spirit Says Move" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 383, 391, "I'm gonna sing when the spirit says sing" (notes only)
Roud #12302
NOTES [68 words]: Listed in Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook as a Civil Rights song, though I've met it as a sort of religious playparty.
Despite the Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook title, the first verse I've usually heard is "I'm gonna sing when the spirit says sing." Which has a more solid Biblical basis anyway; 1 Corinthians 14:15 refers to singing praise with the Spirit, but I don't recall moving with the Spirit. - RBW
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File: FSWB305

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