Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Deep river, my home is over Jordan.
Deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.
Oh, don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,
that promised land where all is peace?
Oh, deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject: water
- Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: ties
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: American Ballads and Folk Songs, John A. Lomax & Alan Lomax, Macmillan Co, 1934
YouTube
- Song with chords, Adapted version
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
