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Spiritual with roots back to the 18th century, sung by enslaved Africans working on plantations in the Americas in the 1800s in resistance to their enslavement and cruel treatment.
Roll, Jordan, roll,
Roll, Jordan, roll,
I want to go to heaven when I die,
To hear Jordan roll.
O brother,
You ought to have been there,
Yes, my Lord !
Asitting in the kingdom,
To hear Jordan roll.
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Title Performer Release date Info
listen on Internet Archive April 1917 Medley
listen on Internet Archive 1919
January 1938
listen on Internet Archive May 1947
listen on Internet Archive 1950
1952
May 15, 1954
February 1960
February 1961 Medley
1962
1962
August 1967
1968
1978 Live
1979 A cappella
1980
1986
September 1, 1988
1993
1997
1998
2000
2001 Live
2002
2003
2003 Live
A cappella
2005
2008
November 5, 2013