Run to Jesus for Refuge

DESCRIPTION: "I'm gonna run to my Jesus for refuge, Run right along...." Verses include floaters "Mary wore a golden chain, Every link was Jesus name" and "When I read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear And wipe my weeping eyes"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (LomaxCD1708)
KEYWORDS: floatingverses nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
Roud #17292
RECORDINGS:
Charles BArnett-IHearAmericaSinging, "Run to Jesus for Refuge" (on LomaxCD1708)
NOTES [37 words]: You can find the "title clear" floating verse in Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (New York: Samuel Parker, 1760 (18th edition, "Digitized by Internet Archive")) #65, p. 162, ("When I can read my Title clear"). - BS.
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