God Is a God

DESCRIPTION: "My God is a God, God don't never change, My God is a God, and he will always be God." The singer prayed and God washed his sins away. God made sun and moon. The Lord came down. God is everywhere, He was with Joshua.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Work)
KEYWORDS: religious
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Bruce R. Buckley, "'Uncle' Ira Cephas -- A Negro Folk Singer in Ohio," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), pp. 16-17, "God Is God" (1 text)
Roud #12108
NOTES [99 words]: There aren't many actual Biblical quotations in the Ira Cephas version of this, but it is heavy with allusions. God making the moon to rule the night and the sun to rule the day alludes to Genesis 1:16. Jesus turned water into wine in John, chapter 2. The verse about Joshua and the walls falling down is a reference to the destruction of Jericho in Joshua 6. The streets of gold gates of pearl may allude to chapter 21 of the Revelation to John, where the New Jerusalem has twelve gates, and according to Rev. 21:21 each gate is made of a single pearl and the street of the city is of gold. - RBW
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