18d. The Blood Done Signed My Name

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



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