Elijah Rock
Encyclopedia
"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual. It bears some lyrical similarities to another spiritual
, "Mary Don't You Weep
."
Spiritual (music)
Spirituals are religious songs which were created by enslaved African people in America.-Terminology and origin:...
, "Mary Don't You Weep
Mary Don't You Weep
"Mary Don't You Weep" is a Negro spiritual that originates from before the American Civil War – thus it is what scholars call a "slave song," "a label that describes their origins among the enslaved," and it contains "coded messages of hope and resistance." It is...
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Lyrics
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Come on sister help me to pray tell me my Lord don pass dis way.
- Elijah rock, Elijah rock
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Elijah rock shout shout
- Elijah rock comin' up Lord
- Elijah rock shout shout
- Elijah rock comin' up Lord
- Satan ain't nothin but a
- snake in the grass
- He's a conjur, he's a liar
- Hallelujah, Lord.
- Elijah rock shout shout
- Elijah rock comin' up Lord
- Elijah rock shout shout
- Elijah rock comin' up Lord
- If I could I surely would
- Stand on the rock where Moses stood
- If I could I surely would
- Stand on the rock where Moses stood
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
- Elijah
- Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
- Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
- Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
- Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
- Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
- Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
- Oh oh oh Elijah, Oh oh oh oh
- Elijah
- Oh Elijah
- Elijah rock Elijah rock shout
- comin' I'm comin' I'm comin' up Lord
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- Moses HoganMoses HoganMoses George Hogan was an African-American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his very popular and accessible settings of spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor and arranger of international renown...
arranger and conductor on Negro Spirituals (1996) (with Derek Lee Ragin) and on I Believe This Is Jesus (2001) - Jean ShyJean ShyJean Shy is an internationally acclaimed soul, Blues, jazz and Gospel singer, songwriter, music producer, and actress. Born in Chicago, Shy's vocal background had its beginning in Gospel music. Mahalia Jackson was her first musical Idol. Elvis Presley inspired her to become a professional...
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(2007) - OllabelleOllabelleOllabelle is a New York based folk music group named after the influential Appalachian songwriter Ola Belle Reed. The group is composed of five singing multi-instrumentalists hailing from disparate parts of the United States, Canada and Australia.-History:...
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(2005) and Before This Time (Live album) (2008) - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir on album An American Heritage of Spirituals (1997)