Lord I'm In Your Hands

DESCRIPTION: See notes for format. Verse lines include "I feel all right," "I'm groaning," "I'm satisfied," "I'm crying," and "I done died."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (recording, Rev. J.M. Gates)
KEYWORDS: death nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Rev. J. M. Gates, "Lord I'm In Your Hands" (OKeh 8791, 1959)
Mary & Amanda Gordon, "Lord, I'm In Your Hand" (on USMississippi01)
NOTES [79 words]: The description follows the Gordon recording. The Gates recording includes the verse "I'm a motherless child."
The verse form is: (verse-line(2x), "I'm in your hand"(2x))(2x). The chorus is: "Throw your arms around me, So my enemies cannot harm, O Lord O Lord I'm in your hands" For example, the following is a repeated verse: "O Lord, O Lord, I'm in your hands, I'm in your hands. O Lord, O Lord, I'm in your hands." The Gordons sing "Throw your loving arms around me." - BS
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