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Nigel Parsons ADD: jamaican folk music (89* d) RE: ADD: jamaican folk music 04 Sep 23


WASH AN BE CLEAN
Jamaican: Trad

1, Go dung a Bethlehem, wash an be clean.
Wash an be clean, wash an be clean
Go dung a Bethlehem, wash an be clean,
Go wash in de blood of de Lamb.

2, Go dung a Calvary, wash an be clean.
Wash an be clean, wash an be clean
Go dung a Calvary, wash an be clean,
Go wash in de blood of de Lamb.


According to the notes accompanying this song:
This is a rousing Revival chorus on the oft repeated theme of the cleansing power of the blood of the Lamb.

From:
"Beeny Bud"
12 Jamaican Folk-Songs for children
Collected & arranged for schools by OLIVE LEWIN
Oxford University Press 1975
ISBN 0 19 330543 7

X: 1
T: Wash an be clean
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
N: Joyfully
O: Jamaica
Z: NP 04/09/2023
K: A
Ec2B|AG F| EA2G| A2z2| GB2A| B2z2| Ac2B| c2z2| Ec2B| AGF2| EA2G| A2A2| B2 d3/d/| c2 B3/B/|A4|

X: 2
T: Wash an be clean
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
N: Second part (optional)
O: Jamaica
Z: NP 04/09/2023
K: A
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w: Go_ wash_ an be clean. Go_ wash an be clean_ go wash Go_ wash_ in de blood, in de blood of de lamb.


Words for part 1 just follow the music. Words added for the optional second part for clarity.
NP


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