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Roll jordan roll

by Topsy Chapman

on 12 Years A Slave (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture) (2013)

Went down to the river Jordan
Where John baptised three
When I walked the devil in hell
Said "John ain't baptized me"

I said roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Well some say John was a baptist
Some say John was a Jew
But I say John was a preacher
And my Bible says so too

I said roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Hallelujah!

Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Hallelujah!

Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Everybody sing

Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls

Roll, Jordan, roll
Roll, Jordan, roll
My soul ought to rise in heaven, Lord
For the year when Jordan rolls