A close negro variant of the above spiritual song is in Marsh, p. 136. Both the Marsh song and the present one are rather degenerate descendants, apparently, of ‘[Morning Trumpet]’ in this collection. See also White Spirituals, 254.
No. 189
[RIVER OF JORDAN] or HAPPY IN THE LORD, OSH 493
Hexatonic, Mode 3 A (I II III — V VI VII)
Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
Happy, O happy,
He who I fixed my hopes upon,
Happy in the Lord;
His tracks I see and I’ll pursue,
Happy, O happy,