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Walk, Mary, Down de Lane
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TTBB (some divisi) a cappella
African-American Spiritual text in English
Difficulty level (1-5): 3Available directly This piece has not yet been premiered. Please contact me if you would like to premiere this piece. This is a fairly obscure spiritual -- I think there are only one or two other choral settings of it. I have set it in such a way as to suggest the steady walking, and the tempo, the style of singing, and some subtle body percussion help get that across. If you look at the text, the image of “walking down de lane” is akin to going to Heaven, since the reference to Jesus talks about “three long nights and three long days”, an obvious reference to the time from Good Friday to Easter Sunday. Complete perusal score available upon request. TEXT Three long nights, an' three long days,
Jesus walkin' down de lane In de mornin' down de lane, Jesus walkin'
down de lane, Walk, Mary, down de lane, [repeat] Jesus calls you down de lane, [various repetition] In de Heaven down de lane, [various repetition] 'Fraid nobody, down de lane, [various repetition] Walk, Mary, down de lane, [various
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