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Text:We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Tune:[We are climbing Jacob's ladder]
Arranger:R. Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943

205. We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

1 We are climbing Jacob’s ladder,
We are climbing Jacob’s ladder;
We are climbing Jacob’s ladder,
Soldier of the cross.

2 Ev'ry round goes higher'n higher,
Ev'ry round goes higher'n higher;
Ev'ry round goes higher'n higher;
Soldier of the cross.

Text Information
First Line: We are climbing Jacob's ladder
Title: We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Songs for Special Occasions
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [We are climbing Jacob's ladder]
Arranger: R. Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Traditional; The Dett Collection fo Negro Spirituals, 2nd Group
Copyright: © 1936 by Paul A. Schmitt Music Co., renewed, assigned 1979 to Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.



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