Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

DESCRIPTION: Blessed are the poor in spirit / meek and lowly: they will wear a crown in glory. If you can't sing like angels or preach like Paul you can tell the love of Jesus and how he died for all.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Mitchell's Christian Singers)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
Roud #21792
RECORDINGS:
Mitchell's Christian Singers, "Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" (on Mitchell's Christian Singers Vol.2 (1936-38) Document Records DOCD-5494 (1996))
Freddie Palmer, Brenton Jordan and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" (on McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts)
NOTES [70 words]: The biblical reference is King James Matthew 5:3 and 5:5: "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of kingdom of heaven.... Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." [To the first of these, compare Luke 6:20. - RBW]
The description follows McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts. The McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts arrangement seems to follow the Mitchell's Christian Singers arrangement. - BS
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