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Come Out the Wilderness

Tell me, how did you feel when you come out the wilderness

Tune: [Tell me how did you feel when you come out the wilderness]
Published in 11 hymnals

Audio files: Recording

Representative Text

1 Tell me, how did you feel when you come out the wilderness,
come out the wilderness, come out the wilderness?
Tell me, how did you feel when you come out the wilderness, leaning on the Lord?
Im'a leaning on the Lord,
Im'a leaning on the Lord.
Im'a leaning on the Lord, who died on Calvary.

2 Did you love ev'rybody when you come out the wilderness,
come out the wilderness, come out the wilderness?
Did you love ev'rybody when you come out the wilderness, leaning on the Lord?
Im'a leaning on the Lord,
Im'a leaning on the Lord.
Im'a leaning on the Lord, who died on Calvary.

3 Did you feel like shouting when you come out the wilderness,
come out the wilderness, come out the wilderness?
Did you feel like shouting when you come out the wilderness, leaning on the Lord?
Im'a leaning on the Lord,
Im'a leaning on the Lord.
Im'a leaning on the Lord, who died on Calvary.

Source: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #393

Text Information

First Line: Tell me, how did you feel when you come out the wilderness
Title: Come Out the Wilderness
Meter: Irregular
Source: Afro-American spiritual
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I am leaning on the Lord
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
TextPage Scan

African American Heritage Hymnal #367

Hymnal #532

Text

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #506

Text

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #393

TextPage Scan

Songs of Zion #136

TextAudio

The United Methodist Hymnal #416

Text

Total Praise #363

Text

Yes, Lord! #465

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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