Sail, O Believer

DESCRIPTION: "Sail, O believer, sail, Sail over yonder, Sail, O my brother, Sail over yonder." The listener is invited to join in the work and view the promised land. "For Jesus comes... And Jesus locks the doors... And carries the keys away."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment); 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 24, "Sail, O Believer" (1 fragment plus a short text which they believe to be the same song, 1 tune)
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 17, p. 208, "Bow Low, Mary" (1 text)
Scott-TheBalladOfAmerica, pp. 197-198, "Sail, O Believer" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11976
NOTES [18 words]: The Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates "short text" is Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment's version. - BS
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File: SBoA197

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