Lyrics
(American folk carol)
1. Singing in the land, (repeat twice)
I’m a long ways from home.
Singing in the land (repeat)
Baby of Bethlehem.
Refrain
O sister, don’t you want to go to heaven? (repeat twice)
Baby of Bethlehem.
2. Praying in the land…
3. Mourning…
4. Preaching…
5. Shouting…
See also
- Country: United States of America
- Subjects: Christmas / singing
- Form: AB
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
/ 
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: m,s,l,drms
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
YouTube
- Song with chords, New Patriotic Version
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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