What He Done For Me

DESCRIPTION: Singer does not refer to Jesus by name. Each verse tells "What he done for me." Verse line examples: "You don't know like I know," "He picked me up and he turned me around," and "He took my feet out of the miry clay"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (recording, Southern Harps)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Mary & Amanda Gordon, "You Don't Know Like I Know" (on USMississippi01)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "What He Done For Me" (Decca 8639, 1942)
NOTES [119 words]: The USMississippi01 has this format: A line is lined-out, followed by response "what he done for me." That line and response is repeated twice by the chorus. The fourth line of the verse, sung by the chorus, is "You don't know like I know, what he done for me." An example of the lined-out line is "He sanctified my soul one day." Between verses there is spoken prose.
The Sister Rosetta Tharpe recording is solo. The verse form is the same as for USMississippi01: (line, "What he done for me"(3x) "I never shall forget what he done for me" or "I never shall forget for he set me free"). Instead of spoken prose between verses there are verses in which the three verse lines are different; that is, not repeated. - BS
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