Ride On, King Jesus

DESCRIPTION: "Ride on, King Jesus, no man can hinder me (x2)." "I was young when I begun, No man can hinder me. But now my race is almost done...." "King Jesus rides on a milk-white horse... The river of Jordan he did cross. "When I get to heaven gonna wear a robe"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad horse clothes travel
FOUND IN: US(SE,So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, pp. 184-185, "Ride On, King Jesus" (1 text, 1 tune)
Warren-EveryTimeIFeelTheSpirit, pp. 74-75, "Ride On, King Jesus" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12110
RECORDINGS:
James Garfield Smalls, "O Ride on Jesus" (on USSeaIsland03)
NOTES [26 words]: Roud lumps "Ride On, Jesus" and "Ride on, King Jesus," for obvious reasons, but the form is different enough that I very tentatively keep them separate. - RBW
Last updated in version 5.2
File: WarSp074

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