Would you believe we used to sing this in public school? Mahalia Jackson (how did she do this without going short of breath?) sings it here: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
Grade school and middle school, we sang spirituals and even hymns. It was a cleaner, greener time (as Rudyard Kipling put it–and he was right).
How wonderful. I remember singing this song, and others, also. I miss those days.
We sang this in school, too.
Better days, Phoebe… better days.