Glorious Mahalia: I. Hold on

[Chorus: Mahalia Jackson] Hold on, mm, mm, mm [Verse 1: Mahalia Jackson & Studs Terkel] That was a song of hope, to hold on The slave, um, used to sing that I used to hear my, my father and my aunt and my mother and them just hum that song Just hum it? Yeah [Chorus: Mahalia Jackson] Hold on, mm, mm [Verse 2: Mahalia Jackson] You could just hear them moanin' it like that Maybe you wouldn't even hear the words That's something they were, they were feeling that That they would overcome and the spirit live on with the Lord When that song was created A song of faith, a song of hope [Verse 3: Mahalia Jackson] In a, in a groan, in a moan and a groan, that's why you catch Negroes Sometimes don't have words to say, but the groans of their hеart, God understands it When therе's no more words to sing, they moan and they groan [Chorus: Mahalia Jackson] Hold on, mm, mm