Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
1. Mary and Martha just gone along, (repeat twice)
To ring those charming bells;
Crying, free grace and dying love, (repeat twice)
To ring those charming bells.
Oh way over Jordan, Lord (repeat twice)
To ring those charming bells.
2. Preacher and the elder just gone along…
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject: bells
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Melody: tonic triad / F#,G,A,B,C,D songs
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- Source: Singing in Harmony,Ginn and Company, 1957
- Song with chords in 2 keys (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
1 thought on “Mary and Martha”
This song just came back to my remembrance. It was a song we sang in music class in elementary school many years ago. I had to google it to see if my memory was correct .