Can’t seem to lift myself out of the blues today. Maybe this old-fashioned spiritual will help: Oh, Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To? You can’t beat this: a spiritual from the Caribbean transferred to the cold black-and-white of the Irish Sea.
I know I post it fairly often; but I find some comfort in it.
Transport a Caribbean hymn to the cold waters of Scotland, and this is what you get–Oh, Sinner Man…with seals.
Anyhow, it’s one of my favorite hymns and that’s why I post it. I’ll post yours, too, if you ask me to.
Would you believe we used to sing this song in junior high school music class? It’s true! They hadn’t yet decided that public schools should be a religion-free zone.
This is one of my favorites: a Caribbean spiritual, Oh, Sinner Man, transported to the cold, cold seas around Scotland.
I haven’t posted this hymn–Oh Sinner Man!, a Caribbean spiritual transported here to the cold waters of Scotland–but I wanted it today. Would you believe we used to sing this in public school? But that was before you were expected to take “pride” in your sin.
No, I’m not going to do nooze now. But it’s been a while since we’ve heard this hymn: Oh, Sinner Man, a Caribbean hymn transported to the cold seas of Scotland.
Once upon a time, if you can believe it, we sang this in a public school. And the sky did not fall.
See the way people are behaving, these days–do you want to be caught outside Jesus Christ’s protection, on Judgment Day?
Oh, Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To? Would you believe we sang that at Y Camp, oh, so long ago?
I have a doctor’s appointment this morning, which I really hate as a waste of time, have to play catch-up all day…
Meanwhile, what do you get when you take a Caribbean folk hymn and transfer it to some cold, grey islands in the Irish Sea?
You get this awesome rendition of Oh, Sinner Man–one of my favorites.
With seals, no less. (Would you believe we sang this in junior high school? Times have NOT changed for the better!)