Refrão:
Roll Jordan roll
Roll Jordan roll
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Verso 1:
O brothers you ought to ha' been there
Yes my lord
a sittin' in the Kingdom
To hear Jordan roll
Refrão:
Roll Jordan roll
Roll Jordan roll
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Verso 2:
Well my mother, you ought to been there
Mother, you ought to been there
My mother, you ought to been there
Roll, Jordan roll
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Verso 2:
Well my mother, you ought to been there
Mother, you ought to been there
My mother, you ought to been there
Roll, Jordan roll
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Verso 3:
Well my sister, you ought to been there now
Sister, you ought to been there
My sister, you ought to been there
Roll, Jordan roll
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Verso 4:
Well my brother, you ought to been there now
Brother, you ought to been there
My brother, you ought to been there
Roll, Jordan roll
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
I want to go to heaven when I die
To hear Jordan roll
Roll, roll
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