Wade in the Water [feat. CHAR]

from Myth & Truth by Brian Ames with David Danced Collective

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A traditional spiritual rising from the tragic sin of American slavery, Wade in the Water was sung in the 1901 tour of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville. Jerusalem’s Pool of Bethesda, in early translations of the fifth chapter of John’s gospel, was a healing bath. Those afflicted would wait for God’s messenger in angelic form to stir, or “trouble,” the water, and wade in to seek healing. The song is also associated with the Underground Railroad.

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Wade in the water
Wade in the water child
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water

See that host dressed in red
He’s gonna trouble the water
Looks like the children that Moses led
He’s gonna trouble the water

See that host dressed in white
He’s gonna trouble the water
Looks like the children of the Israelites
He’s gonna trouble the water

Wade in the water
Wade in the water child
Wade in the water
My God’s gonna trouble the water

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from Myth & Truth, released June 1, 2018
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Brian Ames, vocals and bass guitar | Larry Beers, drums | Packy Lundholm, lead guitar | Char McAllister, vocals | Noam Wallenberg, rhythm guitar

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