Look over yonder, what do you see?
God's a-going to trouble the water
The Holy Ghost a-coming on me
God's a-going to trouble the water
CHANGES TO
Look that way, and what is visible?
God will put many blessings in the water.
The spirit of the Lord is taking hold of me.
God will put many blessings in the water.
This improvisation changes the effect of the song because this makes it more blunt and not so secretive. Being secretive was the purpose of the negro spirituals, so that the slave masters would not find out about the slaves' plans for escape.
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