Burleigh (arr.) – Deep River

Song Information

Title: Deep River

Music: Traditional spiritual, arranged by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949)

Text: Traditional

Sheet Music

Free at Art Song Central:

  • PDF: Deep River
    • Key: F Major
    • Range: C4 – A5
    • Source: Individual song, ©1917 G. Ricordi & Co.

Elsewhere on the Internet:

  • PDF available at the IN Harmony Sheet Music collection
    • Key: C Major
    • Range: G3 – E4

Audio Files

Mp3:

MIDI:

Song Text

Deep river, my home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.

Oh don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,
That promis’d land where all is peace?

Deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.

Resources

  • Duke’s Digital Collection has color scans of the original publication of Deep River