Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Roll, Jordan, Roll
By Negro Hymns and Songs: Spirituals[Negro Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern. By J. J. Trux. Putnam’s Monthly. 1855.—Negro Spirituals. By T. W. Higginson. The Atlantic Monthly. 1867.—Slave Songs of the United States. Edited by W. F. Allen, C. P. Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison. 1867.—Songs of the Slave. By J. M. Brown. Lippincott’s Magazine. 1868.—Jubilee Songs: as sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University. Edited by T. F. Seward. 1872.—Cabin and Plantation Songs: as sung by the Hampton Students. Arranged by T. P. Fenner. 1875.]
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An’ he yearde when Jordan roll.
Roll, Jordan,
Roll, Jordan,
Roll, Jordan, roll!
O march de angel march;
O my soul arise in Heaven, Lord,
For to yearde when Jordan roll.
And let your days be long.
Roll, Jordan, etc.
Be found upon your tongue.
Roll, Jordan, etc.