Wrestling Jacob

musical notation for _Wrestling Jacob_
Midi version of the bar of music.


O wrestlin' Jacob, Jacob, day's a-breakin';
I will not let thee go!
O wrestlin' Jacob, Jacob, day's a-breakin';
He will not let me go!
O, I hold my brudder wid a tremblin' hand
I would not let him go!
I hold my sister wid a tremblin' hand;
I would not let her go!

O, Jacob do hang from a tremblin' limb,
He would not let him go!
O, Jacob do hang from a tremblin' limb;
De Lord will bless my soul.
O wrestlin' Jacob, Jacob," &c.



Chapter Title of Chapter Chapter's Song Significance of the song Author Title Comment
14 The Sorrow Songs Wrestling Jacob Poem of hopeful strife Negro Song "Lay This Body Down" Souls shall meet some day


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