Washed in the Water

Story Behind The Song

This is the story of a runaway slave named Samuel Porter.

Song Description

This is an homage to the old slave spirituals of the early to mid 1800s. This song is from the perspective of Samuel Porter who had escaped from a plantation in Mississippi.

Song Length 3:25 Genre Folk - Americana, Country - Americana
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Frantic, Stressed Subject Danger, Slavery
Similar Artists The Civil Wars, Alison Krauss Language English
Era 1800 - 1899

Lyrics

The banks of the Jordan gonna be my road I'll follow the river till it takes me home
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

O my God I've been laid so low The devil won't seem to let me go
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

Gabriel's coming to take me home

I was born into the grave I've been set free and yet still a slave
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

I can hear the hounds that Satan sent Getting closer now must have caught my scent
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

Running for cover I heard it ring out Into the water the shot threw me down
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

Blood in the water, my time has run out I'll make it ashore, Lord, I know it somehow
Washed in the water, pray the Lord my soul to keep

The Good Lord's coming to take me home

© 2011 Brad Loomis

Lyrics Bradford Loomis Music Bradford Loomis, Brianne Holland
Producer Bradford Loomis and Jason Lackie Publisher Bradford Loomis Publishing
Performance Bradford Loomis Label Independant

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