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Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name Lyrics: 1 Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. 2 Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble, Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble, Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. 3 Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me, Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me, Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. 4 But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Topics: Christian Initiation Sacraments; Baptism Sacraments; Commitment; Conversion; Faith; Humility; Spirituals Used With Tune: [Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name] Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

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[Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Verolga Nix, 1933- Tune Sources: Traditional Tune Key: d minor or modal Incipit: 11345 34354 31231 Used With Text: Changed Mah Name

[Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Tune Sources: Negro Spiritual Tune Key: F Major Used With Text: Changed Mah Name

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Changed Mah Name

Hymnal: Songs of Zion #118 (1981) First Line: Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right Lyrics: 1 Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, if He changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if He changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, if He changed mah name. 2 Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble, if He changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if He changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if He changed mah name. 3 Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me, if He changed mah name. Jesus tol' me the world would be 'gainst me if He changed mah name. Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if He changed mah name. 4 But ah tol' Jesus It would be all right if He changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if He changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, if He changed mah name. Topics: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right]

Changed Mah Name

Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #744 (2012) First Line: Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name Lyrics: 1 Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. 2 Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble, Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble, Jesus tol' me ah would have to live humble if he changed mah name. 3 Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me, Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me, Jesus tol' me that the world would be 'gainst me if he changed mah name. 4 But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right, But ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name. Topics: Christian Initiation Sacraments; Baptism Sacraments; Commitment; Conversion; Faith; Humility; Spirituals Languages: English Tune Title: [Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name]

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Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "[Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right if he changed mah name]" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

Verolga Nix

1933 - 2014 Person Name: Verolga Nix, 1933- Arranger of "[Ah tol' Jesus it would be all right]" in Songs of Zion Verolga Nix (Apr. 6, 1933-Dec. 9, 2014) Born in Cleveland, Verolga moved with her family at an early age to Philadelphia. She studied for two years at New England Conservatory of Music and then earned a music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1955. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Bennett College in 2000. After retiring from twenty years as a full-time music teacher in Philadelphia public schools she served as minister of music at several churches in Philadelphia, trained and conducted many choirs and served as a seminar leader nationwide. She was a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), National Association of Negro Musicians and the Hymn Society in U.S. and Canada. In 1980 the United Methodist Church asked her to co-edit with J. Jefferson Cleveland the supplemental hymnal Songs of Zion. She published nearly 200 original songs an arrangements. (further details in The Philadelphia Tribune, Dec.19, 2014 obituary). Mary Louise VanDyke