“Come Ye That Fear the Lord”

Description

"Come ye that fear the Lord (x2), I have something for to say about the narrow way, For Christ the other day saved my soul (x2)." The singer recalls how Jesus came to free him, how others call him "undone," but how he looks forward to salvation

Supplemental text

Come Ye That Fear the Lord
  Partial text(s)

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From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, pp. 201-202.
"From singing of Mrs. Louisa Moses."

Come ye that fear the Lord,
Come ye that fear the Lord;
I have something for to say about the narrow way,
For Christ the other day saved my soul,
For Christ the other day saved my soul.

(5 additional stanzas)

References

  1. Fuson, pp. 201-202, "Come Ye That Fear the Lord" (1 text)
  2. ST Fus201 (Partial)
  3. Roud #16371
  4. BI, Fus201

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1931 (Fuson)
Keywords: religious nonballad
Found in: US(Ap)