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Three African-American Spirituals for SSAATTBB choir & optional solos

arr. Erik Meyer I Want Jesus to Walk with Me – 2 Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow – 6 Wade in the Water – 9

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I Want Jesus to Walk with Me Moderato q=96

mp

 S    I

mp

 

A

 



want Je -

sus

  

I want Je -

 

T

B

African-American Spiritual arr. Erik Meyer

 sus

p





to walk with

me;

I

       to walk with

I want Je -

 mf    









f     

7

to walk with

me;

me;

all



          to walk with me;     Lord,

  to

sus



sus



 mf    





sus

 

I want Je - sus,

                 

want Je -

  

Oo

to walk with



 mf



me;

 

I want Je -

 



   



Oo p

  



 mf  



walk with

f     f  

all

all

a - long

    

 my

pil - grim jour -

  



a - long

pil -

  a - long

my





ney,

      grim

jour - ney, Lord,



my

   jour - ney, Lord,

f     

 

me;

my

all a - long



pil - grim

 

 



jour

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ney,

            

3

13



Lord, I want

Je - sus

               Lord, I want

Je - sus

              Lord, I want Je     





 - sus

to walk with

Je -

sus,

trials,

 

          to walk with

me.

to walk with

 



Lord,

walk with

me;

trials,

   trials,

Lord,

 Lord,





walk with





walk with

       

mf

in

me;

in

 f  

 

my

me;

in

my

tri -



In

my

 



In

my



tri -

als,





 



my trials,

Lord,

walk with

 



 

my trials,

Lord,

walk with

my trials,



Lord,

als,



Lord, walk with



walk with

    

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Lord, walk with



 

cresc.   

mf

 



In

cresc.

 

me;



  

mf

cresc.

 



my

legato mp



me.

in



In

me.

walk with







p

     

Lord,

 

legato mp



     

 



me.

poco a poco stringendo (approaching q=110) mf

  

legato mp

p

    

Lord,

19

    





p

me;

4

A tempo q=96

me;

  

 ff   



when my heart

is

 ff   



when my heart

is

me;

 ff        me; when

 ff     

when

31

  

       al

al

fp   

-

most break - ing,

-

most break

 



is

al - most

    my heart



       

    my heart

          



   25

   is

 

   



 



break - ing,

meno mosso q=88 ppp







 





break - ing,

 

Lord,

  



walk with me.

             Lord, walk with me. fp

pp



In

 

sempre legato

 



my trou - ble,

pp



    

Lord, walk with me;

sempre legato







walk with me.

sus,

sus,

 -

sus,

pp sempre legato

 



In

my



  in

 my





Je - sus,

ppp   fp                 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

Lord,

-

Je



 

  

to walk with me.

fp

-

Je

 



  Je

ing, break - ing,

  

al - most

Lord I want Je - sus

- ing, break - ing,

break -





38

  

    



trou - ble,

Lord, walkwith

me;

when

walk with

  



trou - ble,

    Je

p    



       Lord walkwith





p     me;



my head

p    



me;





   

is

bowed

  

when

walk with



 

me;



- sus,



my head



when my head



44



sor -

row,

     sor - row, Lord,

      sor- row, Lord,     

      



Lord, I want

Je -



sus

bowed







is

bowed

in

p

 

  

             Lord, I want

Je -

           Lord, I want

  

Je -

sus

 sus



is bowed

pp rit.

     to walk with

me.

pp rit.

          to walk with

     

-

row,

Lord,

pp rit.

Je -

sus,

Lord,

walk with

 in

       

me.

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in

me.

pp rit.

to walk with

 

is

when my head

   



me.

in

  

5

6

Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow   S  

Moderato q=104



  

A





   

T

African-American Spiritual arr. Erik Meyer









   mf







               



                 B       mp

up shep - herd,

       5

star in the east take good heed

      

star in the east take good heed

rise and fol - low; Rise

 



         Rise

up shep -

on Christ - mas morn, to_the an - gel's words

rise and fol - low;

mf   

rise up shep-herd and fol- low,

f            

 

rise up shep-herd and fol- low,



rise and fol- low;



It will You'll for mf

 

It will You'll for

        f

rise and fol- low;

fol- low;

        

herd,

herd,

f

  

                 Rise up shep-herd and fol- low,

up shep -

fol - low;

        

           

on Christ - mas morn, to_the an - gel's words,

 

 

There's a If you

mp

Rise up shep - herd and fol - low,

Rise

There's a If you mf



        f

rise and fol- low;

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       9

lead get





to the place where Christ was your flocks, you'll_for - get your

       lead get mp



        

up shep

Rise

-

herd,

 

 p cresc.     

  

13

-

-

p cresc.

  

 



-

low,

low,

fol

fol

 

 

low,

fol



  

 

fol- low,

fol - low;

       



  p cresc.       

     Fol

rise

to the place where Christ was born, your flocks, you'll_for - get your herds,

mp

Fol

born, herds,





                 Rise up shep - herd and

Fol

     

rise and fol - low;

-

-

-

rise

p

      up shep - herd and fol - low.

p

       p

        

rise up

shep - herd,

p

            

rise up

shep - herd,

rise up shep - herd and

 

       

 

            



f

rise up shep - herd and



fol - low.

low,

f



fol - low.

     

low,



up shep - herd and fol - low.

  

low,



  



   



fol - low,

fol - low,

f

rise shep - herd and

fol - low,

and fol - low;

           f

rise shep - herd and

fol - low,

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and fol - low;

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  mf         17

fol- low the Star of

mf            

fol- low the Star of mf

           fol- low the Star of          

Beth - le - hem,

    

Beth - le - hem,

    

   

rise

up shep - herd and

fol - low,

mp molto rit.

 

      

rise

Beth - le - hem,

up shep - herd and

rise up

shep - herd,

         rise up

shep - herd,

Adagio q=52



pp

     

rise up shep - herd and

p

mp molto rit.

           rise up shep- herd,

fol - low,

pp

fol - low,

rise up shep - herd and

                  

p

rise up

fol - low,

shep - herd,

rise up shep - herd and

            

mp molto rit.

            

fol - low,

p

fol - low,

fol - low. p

 

pp

fol - low,

rise up shep - herd and

















fol - low.

p

   

fol - low.

  

fol - low.

pp

                 

up shep - herd and

 

p

        

p

rise

fol - low.

  

2.

   

up shep - herd and

   

mp molto rit.

21

rise

    

Beth - le - hem,

mf

fol- low the Star of

   

p

        1.



 

fol - low.



 

fol - low.

 

 

fol - low.

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Wade in the Water N.B. the 't' in "water" and 'th' in "the" should be pronounced as 'd' - a flick of the tongue

Agitato q=132

  S  



African-American Spiritual arr. Erik Meyer

p cresc.





  

 

in

the

  

 

Wade

  

A



    

T



       

p cresc.

Wade in

the wa - ter.

     B        p cresc.

Wade in

     wa

     wa

 

the wa - ter.

Wade in

  



-

ter,

Wade

-

  

4

p cresc.



ter,

Wade

           wa - ter, the wa - ter,

 Wade



Wade

the wa - ter,

the

wa - ter,

the

               Wade in

the wa - ter,

      the wa - ter.

   in

   in

   in

the wa - ter,

the wa - ter,

the

 

       

  

   

Wade in

f

the

 f  

the

the wa - ter,

wa - ter,



   

the

the

the

chil - dren,

   

wa - ter, chil - dren, f





wa - ter, chil - dren, f

                                wa - ter,

in

 

 



wa - ter, chil - dren, f

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     

  mp   7

Wade

in

mp    

the wa

        

Wade

in

the wa

   -

ter,

(slide)

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

  

-

           

mf

ter,

mf

             

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. (slide) mf

mp                                    Wade in the wa- ter, the wa- ter, the wa- ter, say,God's a-gon-na trou- ble the wa - ter. mf mp                         Wade in mp

the wa - ter, the wa - ter, the wa - ter, say,God's mf

           

gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

(tutti) pp

SOLO vs.1 f

                            11

Look ov - er yon - der, and what do

 



          Don't you be- lieve I've f SOLO vs.2

  



I

see?

pp

 



been

re -

God's gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

         



 

The



God's gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. (tutti) pp

f SOLO vs.2

God's gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

Just

             deemed,

f SOLO vs.1

        

pp

God's gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

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  

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         15

    

Ho - ly Ghost a - com - ing on

 



me.



        







        







        











God's

gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

pp



             fol - low me to Jor - dan's stream.   

pp (tutti)

God's gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. (tutti) pp

God's

gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

pp (in truth, f for basses)



          

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

  f   19

Wade

f    

Wade

      in

the wa

          in

the wa

-

-

  



ter,

Wade

   ter,

f                      Wade in the wa- ter, the wa- ter, the wa- ter,

 Wade

 Wade

ff            in

the wa - ter, chil - dren,

   ff           in

the wa - ter, chil - dren, ff

        in

the wa - ter, chil - dren, ff

          f                        Wade in

 

the wa - ter, the wa - ter, the wa - ter, the wa - ter, the wa - ter, the wa - ter, chil - dren, ff

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mf

    23

Wade mf

   

Wade mf

sfp

  

      in

the wa

         in

the wa

-

-

the wa - ter,

the wa - ter,

pp

            (slide)

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. mp pp

ter, sfp

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. mp pp (slide)

sfp

God's a - gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter. mp pp

   

                      Wade in mf

mp

ter, sfp

                     Wade in the wa- ter, the wa- ter, wade. mf

Adagio (q=72)

wade.

                         

God's mp

           

gon - na trou - ble the wa - ter.

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