[Music]
I know that my Redeemer lives, Glory hallelujah.
What comfort this sweet sentence gives, Glory hallelujah,
Shout on, pray on, we're gaining ground, Glory hallelujah,
The dead's alive and the lost is found, Glory hallelujah.
There are three more stanzas of this hymn, the core of which is
attributed to Daniel Medley "about 1784." The tune first appeared in
the _Social Harp_, 1855, where it is attributed to F. C. Wood, a
Georgian. A tune and text variant is 'We'll Go On', REV 252. A negro
version of this spiritual may be seen in Dett, 195. See also _White
Spirituals_, 259. 'Antioch' looks like a make-over from 'Columbus' in
this collection. The tune is cleverly fitted also to a worldly ballad
'Edward', found in eastern Tennessee; see Sharp, i., 47. It is found
also fitted to the worldly ballad 'Cruel Mother' in North Carolina;
see Sharp, i., 58. 'Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard', Sharp, i., 162,
shows definite influence of 'Antioch'. See also for melodic
similarities 'Trooper and the Maid', Sharp, i., 305; and 'Bridle and
Saddle', Sharp, i., 305; and 'Bridle and Saddle', Sharp, ii., 329.
No. 167
WE'LL SHOUT AND GIVE HIM GLORY or REVIVAL SONG, OL 254