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I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Went to the graveyard the other day Refrain First Line: I feel like, I fell like Lyrics: Refrain: I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long. 1 Went to the graveyard the other day, I feel like my time ain't long, I look'd at the place where my mother lay, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 2 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, I feel like my time ain't long, And sometimes I'm almost on the ground, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 3 Better min', my brother, how you walk on the cross, I feel like my time ain't long, Your foot might slip and your soul get lost, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] Topics: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs Used With Tune: [Went to the graveyard the other day] Text Sources: Traditional

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[Went to the graveyard the other day]

Appears in 3 hymnals Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 51131 33111 11555 Used With Text: I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

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I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

Hymnal: Folk Songs of the American Negro (No. 1) #35 (1907) First Line: Went to the graveyard the other day Refrain First Line: I feel like, I feel like Lyrics: Refrain: I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long. 1 Went to the graveyard the other day, I feel like my time ain't long, I look'd at the place where my mother lay, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 2 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, I feel like my time ain't long, And sometimes I'm almost on the ground, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 3 Mind out, my brother how you walk on the cross, I feel like my time ain't long, Your foot might slip and your soul get lost, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Went to the graveyard the other day]

I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

Hymnal: National Jubilee Melodies #144 (1916) First Line: Went to the graveyard the other day Refrain First Line: I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long Lyrics: Refrain: I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long. 1 Went to the graveyard the other day, I feel like my time ain't long, I look'd at the place where my mother lay, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 2 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, I feel like my time ain't long, And sometimes I'm almost on the ground, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 3 Mind out, my brother how you walk on the cross, I feel like my time ain't long, Your foot might slip and your soul get lost, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Went to the graveyard the other day]

I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

Hymnal: Songs of Zion #148 (1981) First Line: Went to the graveyard the other day Refrain First Line: I feel like, I fell like Lyrics: Refrain: I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like my time ain't long. 1 Went to the graveyard the other day, I feel like my time ain't long, I look'd at the place where my mother lay, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 2 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, I feel like my time ain't long, And sometimes I'm almost on the ground, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] 3 Better min', my brother, how you walk on the cross, I feel like my time ain't long, Your foot might slip and your soul get lost, I feel like my time ain't long. [Refrain] Topics: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [Went to the graveyard the other day]

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J. Jefferson Cleveland

1937 - 1986 Person Name: J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- Harmonizer of "[Went to the graveyard the other day]" in Songs of Zion Judge Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986) was one of the most important scholars and editors of African-American congregational song of the 20th century. Along with Verogla Nix, he edited what is arguably the most groundbreaking collection of African-American song in the last half of the 20th century, Songs of Zion (1981/1982). Lutheran hymnologist Marilyn Stulken provides a biographical sketch of Cleveland’s life and accomplishments. Born in Georgia, Cleveland graduated from Clark College (Atlanta), Illinois Wesleyan University and received his doctorate in education from Boston University. He served on the faculty of three historically black Christian colleges: Claflin College (South Carolina), Langston University (Oklahoma), and Jarvis Christian College (Texas), before teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Cleveland’s musical arrangements, historical research and scholarship on the performance practice of African-American song have proven invaluable for the advancement of black gospel song, not only among African Americans, but also in Anglo hymnals to the present day. For example, Cleveland’s essay, “A Historical Account of the Hymn in the Black Worship Experience,” in Songs of Zion is a helpful introduction for laypersons and scholars alike. In addition to serving as a hymnody consultant for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, he toured the United States and Africa in 1981 and Europe in 1984 as a teacher, lecturer and performer. --www.umportal.org/