Going down to the river in this ivory robe
Going down in this ivory robe
Gonna wait in the water
’til the Spirit comes
Gonna wait ’til the Spirit comes
Been down in the water
The Spirit came
Been down and the Spirit came
Been down to the river in this ivory robe
Been down in this ivory robe
Been blessed with amazing grace
I been down in this world
Been down in this world
Been down and the Spirit came
Lift me up oh Lord
Oh Lord lift me up
Lift me up with amazing grace
Gonna sing for my Lord
Oh Lord let me sing
Let me sing with amazing grace
I’m going down to the river in this ivory robe
Going down in this ivory robe
Writing lyrics/songs at the Bar tonight. I can’t carry a tune in a bucket…here’s my attempt at something like an old time gospel song.
Come on and sing-a-long with dVerse poets.
In Ivory Robes
06 Thursday Feb 2014
Posted in poems
Poetry on the run 
it has the feel of a spiritual – nice
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nice….cool bit of worship and the repetition in it builds it nicely….i can hear it…our worship guy writes his own stuff…i love hearing it….
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Like this. It was this kind of music, mixed with work songs, blues riffs, and piano barrelhouse that set up the true American music – Jazz. Very authentic form here, and the use of repetition and rhythm makes it toe-tapping and uplifting. Well done!
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flows beautifully………
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ah you got a gospel song for us… i like…. could hear the music…
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Lovely gospel song, I like the refrain ~
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This is truly beautiful, Ron! You have really managed to capture the essence of a gospel song to the fullest! Perfection!
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Yes, really great rhythm in this gospel song…brings back memories for me.
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Reminds me of somthing sung by Allison Krauss — like that down to the river to pray… I heard it sung once live by her with Robert Plant and T-bone Burnett as choir… amazing.. wonder if she would sing your lyrics.
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I hear clapping and jubilation in this song. 🙂
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