He's My Rock, My Sword, and Shield

DESCRIPTION: Jesus is my rock, sword, shield, lily of the valley and bright morning star. "Makes no difference what you say I'm going on my knees and pray, I'm going to stay right here until my Jesus comes." Other verswes end with "I'm going to wait..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (recording, Original Blind Boys of Alabama)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Fannie Bell Chapman and Family, "He's My Rock, My Sword, and Shield" (on USMississippi01)
The Original Blind Boys of Alabama, "Rock, Sword and Shield" (1963, on "You'll Never Walk Alone," Vee Jay VJLP 5029)
The Selah Singers, "He's My Rock, Sword and Shield" (2000, on "Capitol From the Vaults (Vol. 5: The Roots of Rock 'N' Roll)," Capitol 72435-28292-2 4)
Ethel Waters, "Gospel Medley" (1960, on "His Eye is On the Sparrow," Word W-3100=LP)
NOTES [81 words]: Golden Gate Quartet, "He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield" is not this hymn (1996, on Golden Gate Quartet Radio Transcritions ... 1941-1944," Document DOCD-5502). It is close to the hymn indexed as "What Could I Do," but it's not that hymn either. It does have lines in common with "He's My Rock, My Sword, and shield": "He's my rock my sword my shield" and "He's the lily of the valley" but the first two lines of the only verse are "Tell me what could I do without the Lord," repeated. - BS
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