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Listen to the Lambs

Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Come on, sister, with your ups and downs Used With Tune: [Come on sister with your ups and downs] Text Sources: Spiritual

[Come on sister with your ups and downs]

Appears in 3 hymnals Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32317 13231 71323 Used With Text: Listen to the Lambs

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Hymnal: Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1) #21 (1907) First Line: Come on sister, with your ups and downs Lyrics: Refrain: Listen to the lambs; all a crying Listen to the lambs; all a crying Listen to the lambs crying. all a crying. I want to go to Heaven when I die. O listen to the lambs; all a crying Listen to the lambs; all a crying Listen to the lambs crying. all a crying. I want to go to Heaven when I die. 1 Come on sister with your ups and downs, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Angels waiting for to give you a crown, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] 2 Come on sister, and a-don't be shame, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Angels waiting for to write your name, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] 3 Mind out brother how you walk the cross, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Foot might slip and your soul get lost, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Come on sister with your ups and downs]

Listen To The Lambs

Hymnal: National Jubilee Melodies #145 (1916) First Line: Come on sister with your ups and downs Refrain First Line: Listen to the lambs all a-crying Lyrics: Refrain: Listen to the lambs; all a-crying Listen to the lambs; all a-crying Listen to the lambs crying', all a-crying. I want to go to Heaven when I die. O listen to the lambs; all a-crying Listen to the lambs; all a-crying Listen to the lambs crying, all a-crying. I want to go to Heaven when I die. 1 Come on sister with your ups and downs, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Angels waiting for to give you a crown, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] 2 Come on sister, and a-don't be shame, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Angels waiting for to write your name, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] 3 Mind out brother how you walk the cross, Want to go to Heaven when I die. Foot might slip and your soul get lost, Want to go to Heaven when I die. O [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Come on sister with your ups and downs]

Listen to de Lambs

Hymnal: Jubilee Spirituals #32 (1945) First Line: Come on, sister, with yo' ups and downs Languages: English Tune Title: [Come on, sister, with yo' ups and downs]

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B. B. Edmiaston

1881 - 1955 Arranger of "[Come on, sister, with yo' ups and downs]" in Jubilee Spirituals Benard Bates Edmiaston Born: July 16, 1881, Bennetts, Baxter County, Arkansas. Died: December 2, 1964, Bronte, Texas. Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Bronte, Texas. Bernard was the son of David W. Edmiaston and Georgia Ann Fluty, and husband of Ella Allen. He studied music under Rufus Turner, Franklin Eiland, W. H. Lawson, Berry McGee, Emmett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Herbert, and many others, and taught singing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and published songs through the Trio Music Company, Waco, Texas, and was director of the Southern Development Normal School of Music in Waco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)