Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_6943-Deep-River
https://archive.org/details/78_6947-USA-Alexanders-Ragtime-band-Sunflower-I-cant-give-you-Del-1
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_evelyn-and-her-magic-violin-phil-spitalny_gbia0000810b
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_ezio-pinza-gibner-king-h-t-burleigh_gbia0014962a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_frances-alda-orpheus-quartet-william-arms-fisher_gbia0021823a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_kenneth-spencer-with-piano-accomp._gbia0006582a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_marion-anderson-burleigh_gbia0027196a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_oscar-seagle-burleigh_gbia0016827a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_paul-robeson-lawrence-brown-h-j-burleigh_gbia0016409a
https://archive.org/details/78_deep-river_sy-oliver-and-his-orchestra-george-duvivier_gbia0032584a
https://archive.org/details/78_lonesome-road_fats-waller-waller_gbia0026657Publication Date
1917
Lyrics
[Verse]
Deep river, my home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over in to camp ground.
Deep river, My home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over in to camp ground.
Oh don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,
That promis’d land where all is peace?
Oh deep river, Lord, I want to cross over in to camp ground.
Recommended Citation
Thacker Burleigh, Harry, "Deep River" (1917). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 261.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/261
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Deep River
Respectfully dedicated to Miss Mary Jordan
Old Negro Melody
Arranged for solo voice by Harry Thacker Burleigh
New York: Published by G. Ricordi & Co. Inc. (1917)
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