Elijah Rock

"Elijah Rock" is a traditional spiritual. It bears some lyrical similarities to another spiritual, "Mary Don't You Weep."

Lyrics

 * Elijah
 * Elijah
 * Elijah
 * Elijah Rock!


 * Elijah rock shout shout
 * Elijah rock comin' up Lord
 * Elijah rock shout shout
 * Elijah rock comin' up Lord


 * Satan ain't nothin' but a
 * snake in the grass
 * He's a conjur, he's a liar
 * Hallelujah, Lord.


 * Elijah rock shout shout
 * Elijah rock comin' up Lord
 * Elijah rock shout shout
 * Elijah rock comin' up Lord


 * If I could I surely would
 * Stand on the rock where Moses stood
 * If I could I surely would
 * Stand on the rock where Moses stood


 * Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
 * Elijah
 * Elijah rock, oh Elijah rock
 * Elijah
 * Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
 * Hallelujah Jesus, Hallelujah Jesus
 * Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
 * Rock Elijah, Rock Elijah
 * Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
 * Comin' up Lawdy, Comin' up Lawdy
 * Oh oh oh Elijah, Oh oh oh oh
 * Elijah
 * Oh Elijah
 * Elijah rock Elijah rock shout
 * comin' I'm comin' I'm comin' up Lord

Recorded by

 * Mahalia Jackson on album Recorded in Europe During Her Latest Concert Tour (1962), and on a number of albums and compilations.
 * Camille Doughty on album God's Prescriptions (1978)
 * Raymond Myles on album A Taste of Heaven (1994).
 * Moses Hogan arranger and conductor on Negro Spirituals (1996) (with Derek Lee Ragin) and on I Believe This Is Jesus (2001)
 * Jean Shy on album Amazing Grace (1999)
 * Atlanta's Chorale on album The Jericho Project (2005)
 * Owen Messer on album Oh, My NOLA (2007)
 * Ollabelle on album Ollabelle (2005) and Before This Time (Live album) (2008)
 * The Mormon Tabernacle Choir on album An American Heritage of Spirituals (1997)
 * The Klezmatics on album Live at town hall (2011)
 * Joshua Nelson on album Mi Chamocha? (2009)