Lyrics
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
- American songs
- Christmas songs
- songs about singing
- songs with dotted eighth note – sixteenth note patterns
- songs with triplets
- songs with I IV V chords
- digital download
- source: American Folk Songs for Christmas,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Loomis House Press, 1953
YouTube
Extras for Plus Members
- Song with chords, New Patriotic Version
- MIDI file
- Listen
