Rocky Road

General Information
Performer: Alabama Sacred Harp Singers

Instrumentation: Organ-unknown

Date of recording: 1928

Record label: Columbia

Serial #:15274D (W146091)

Lyrics
I’m enlisted on the road, I’m almost done traveling, Enlisted on the road. I’m bound to go where Jesus is, My soul shall ascend where Jesus is, To enjoy the peaceful home of rest. I’m bound to go where Jesus is, And be there forever blest. Chorus: It’s a mighty rocky road, I’m almost done traveling, A mighty rocky road, I’m bound to go where Jesus is. I’ve a Father on the road, He’s almost done traveling, A Father on the road. He’s bound to go where Jesus is, His soul shall ascend where Jesus is, To enjoy the peaceful home of rest. He’s bound to go where Jesus is, And be there forever blest. (Chorus)

Information On This Song
This song is hymn # 294 in The Sacred Harp. The 1991 edition says it was written 1935 by J.C. Brown and Paine Denson, but there are recordings of this song from before this year (see above for one of these from 1928). In the African-American tradition this song is usually referred to as 'Most Done Traveling'.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * Original Sacred Harp
 * Saint Bound For Heaven
 * ''Religion Is A Fortune
 * Folk Music U.S.A.
 * Music From The South

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