Harry Belafonte Going Down Jordan Lyrics

Going Down Jordan Lyrics

We are going down, Jordan

We are going down, Jordan

We are going
down, Jordan

Let's walk the heavenly road



I was livin' me
life as an Anglican

Let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man

I was livin' me life as an Anglican

Let me tell you how I changed to a
Baptist man

One night I was walking down Fred'rick street

Poor and
hungry, no shoes on me feet

I passed a door that said "Down with sin"

It was the smell of food that pull me in



We are going down,
Jordan

We are going down, Jordan

We are going down, Jordan

Let's walk the heavenly road



Well, the leader walked up and he
shook my hand

Said "I want you to be a holy man"

Right away I made
a big decision

Me stomach was a growling for this new religion

I
started over to get some food

When some sisters approached me in a mystic
mood

They dunked me in the water 'bout four, five times

I couldn't
see a thing 'cause I was almost blind

Singing I've got a sword in my
hand

I'm going to use it well



I was drenched to me skin and
I was feeling cold

But the sight of the food made me take a hold

The sisters started to break away

They said "Kneel, believers, kneel
and pray"

I prayed and I prayed in a new-found style

In the
meantime me taste buds was running wild

I was about to fall clear out of
me seat

When a man jumped up and said "Before you eat

You got to
mourn, children, mourn

You got to mourn, children, mourn

And if you
want to go to Heaven when you die,

You got to mourn, children, mourn



Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain,

Now I find myself a
free man again

Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain,

Now I
find myself a free man again

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