1. Oh, the blood, oh, the blood,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood, oh, the blood,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood, oh, the blood,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood done signed my name.
2. I'm a witness, I'm a witness,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
I'm a witness, I'm a witness,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
I'm a witness, I'm a witness,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood done signed my name.
3. I believe it, I believe it,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
I believe it, I believe it,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
I believe it, I believe it,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood done signed my name.
4. Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus,
oh, the blood done signed my name.
Oh, the blood done signed my name.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Oh, the blood, oh the blood |
| Title: | The Blood Done Signed My Name |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Lent; Holy Week: Friday |
| Notes: | Spiritual, first printed in Howard W. Odum, “Religious folk songs of the Southern negroes,” American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education (July 1909). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [The blood done signed my name] |
| Arranger: | Harry T. Burleigh (1929) |
| Incipit: | 56156 15611 165 |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Source: | Old Songs Hymnal, 1929 |