“Let Me Ride”
Description
"Well, I'm a soldier, let me ride (x3); Low down your chariot and let me ride!" "I've been converted, let me ride..." "I've got my ticket..." "I'm bound for Heaven..." "In the Kingdom..." "Troubles over...."
Supplemental text
Let Me Ride
Partial text(s)
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From Anne Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne &
Frank Warner Collection, #170, p. 388. From the singing of
Sue Thomas of North Carolina, 1933.
Well, I'm a soldier, let me ride.
Well, I'm a soldier, let me ride.
Well, I'm a soldier, let me ride.
Low' down your chariot and let me ride!
I've been converted, let me ride.
I've been converted, let me ride.
I've been converted, let me ride.
Low' down your chariot and let me ride!
(4 additional stanzas)
Notes
This became a staple of gospel quartet recordings in the 1940s. - PJS
Recordings
- Dock Reed & Vera Hall Ward, "Low Down the Chariot and Let Me Ride" (on NFMAla5) (on ReedWard01)
References
- Warner 170, "Let Me Ride" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Courlander-NFM, p. 72, "(Low Down the Chariot and Let Me Ride)" (1 text); p. 250, "Let Me Ride" (1 tune, partial text)
- ST Wa170 (Partial)
- Roud #7500
- BI, Wa170