If our fathers want to go

If our fathers want to go

Author: Seaborn M. Denson (1908)
Tune: JESTER
Published in 3 hymnals

Representative Text

1 If our fathers want to go,
Why don't they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!

Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!

2 If our mothers want to go,
Why don't they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!

Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!


Source: The Sacred Harp: the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use (1991 rev.) #331

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Text Information

First Line: If our fathers want to go
Author: Seaborn M. Denson (1908)
Meter: 7.6.6.4
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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