“Lift Him Up That's All”

Description

Jesus meets a woman at Jacob's well; she wonders at his being a Jew, but when she sees it is Jesus she runs to town: "Come and see a man who told me all that I have done." He asks her for water; she tries to hide her sins, speaking of "race pride."

Long description

Jesus meets a woman at Jacob's well; she wonders at his being a Jew, but when she sees it is Jesus she runs into town saying, "Come and see a man who told me all that I have done." He asks her for some water, and she tries to hide her sins, speaking of "race pride." Ch.: "Lift him up, that's all/Lift him up in his word/If you tell the name of Jesus everywhere...He will draw men unto him."

Notes

For the story of Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, see John 4:5-26 - RBW

Cross references

• cf. "The Maid and the Palmer" [Child 21] (subject)
• cf. "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well" (subject)
• cf. "See the Woman at the Well" (subject)

Recordings

• Washington Phillips, "Lift Him Up That's All" (Columbia 14277-D, 1927; on Babylon)