Give Me Jesus
This haunting melody, is one of the most beautiful songs that the slaves composed; bone-weary and sorrow-filled… with their eyes firmly fixed on a Great Deliverer somewhere up in heaven. The itinerant preachers that visited the plantations, selected specific passages from the Bible- guaranteeing them entrance to the Promised Land- if they worked hard for their masters and overseers. Out of those depraved and inhuman conditions, were born these timeless, heartfelt pleas to God, for deliverance.
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| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Language: | English |
| Descriptive Tags: | Spirituals |
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