You Can Tell the World

"You Can Tell the World" is the fifth song in the cycle Five Creek-Freedman Spirituals, composed by Margaret Bonds.

Date: 1946Composer: Margaret BondsText: SpiritualSong Collection: Five Creek-Freedman Spirituals

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    You can tell the world about this,
    You can tell the nation about that,
    Tell ’em what Jesus has done,
    Tell ’em that the Comforter has come,
    And He brought joy, joy, joy
    To my soul.

    He took my feet out the mercy clay.
    Yes, He did
    Yes, He did
    He place d them high on the Rock to stay
    Yes, He did
    Yes, He did

    You can tell the world about this,
    You can tell the nation about that,
    Tell ’em what Jesus has done,
    Tell ’em that the Comforter has come,
    And He brought joy, joy, joy
    To my soul.

    My Lawd done done jes what He said.
    Yes, He did
    Yes, He did
    He healed the sick and raised the dead
    Yes, He did
    Yes, He did

    You can tell the world about this,
    You can tell the nation about that,
    Tell ’em what Jesus has done,
    Tell ’em that the Comforter has come,
    And He brought joy, joy, joy
    To my soul.
    And He brought joy, joy, joy
    To my soul.

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