"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual. It bears some lyrical similarities to another
spiritual, "
Mary Don't You Weep
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Lyrics
:Elijah
:Elijah
:Elijah
:Elijah Rock!
:Elijah rock shout shout
:Elijah rock comin' up Lord
:Elijah rock shout shout
:Elijah rock comin' up Lord
:Satan ain't nothin' but a
:snake in the grass
:He's a conjur, he's a liar
:Hallelujah, Lord.
:Elijah rock shout shout
:Elijah rock comin' up Lord
:Elijah rock shout shout
:Elijah rock comin' up Lord
:If I could I surely would
:Stand on the rock where Moses stood
:If I could I surely would
:Stand on the rock where Moses stood
:Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
:Elijah
:Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
:Elijah
:Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
:Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
:Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
:Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
:Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
:Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
:Oh oh oh Elijah, Oh oh oh oh
:Elijah
:Oh Elijah
:Elijah rock Elijah rock shout
:comin' I'm comin' I'm comin' up Lord
Recorded by
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Mahalia Jackson
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on album ''Recorded in Europe During Her Latest Concert Tour'' (1962), and on a number of albums and compilations.
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Camille Doughty on album ''God's Prescriptions'' (1978)
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Raymond Myles on album ''A Taste of Heaven'' (1994).
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Moses Hogan
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arranger and conductor on ''Negro Spirituals'' (1996) (with Derek Lee Ragin) and on ''I Believe This Is Jesus'' (2001)
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Jean Shy on album
Amazing Grace
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(1999)
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Atlanta's Chorale on album
The Jericho Project (2005)
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Owen Messer on album ''
Oh, My NOLA'' (2007)
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Ollabelle on album
Ollabelle (2005) and
Before This Time (Live album) (2008)
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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir on album ''An American Heritage of Spirituals'' (1997)
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The Klezmatics
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on album ''Live at town hall'' (2011)
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Joshua Nelson on album ''Mi Chamocha?'' (2009)
References
Gospel songs
Year of song unknown
Songwriter unknown
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