John

DESCRIPTION: Chorus is "Sinner you're lying ... Sinners have no end." Verses have John reject Satan for baptizing, Jesus turning water to wine, Mary has a baby in Betlehem, and the singer -- drowning in River Jordan -- saved by Jesus and the Holy Ghost.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (LomaxCD1712)
KEYWORDS: Bible nonballad religious Jesus floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "John" (on LomaxCD1712)
NOTES [102 words]: The reference for Jesus turning water to wine at the Cana wedding is John 2:1-10. Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is in Matthew 2:1 and Luke 2:6. [There is, however, no Biblical reference to anyone drowning in the Jordan; indeed, apart from a few references to the Egyptians drowning in the Red Sea/Sea of Reeds, the only mentions of drowning in the Bible are metaphorical. - RBW]
The LomaxCD1712 recording includes the verse "Some say John was a Baptist Some say John was a Jew, I say John was a preacher And the Bible says so too." That verse floats and can be found in "Lonesome Valley" (I), among other songs. - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: RcJDJohn

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