| River Jordan gonna roll
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| Roll, roll, roll-roll-roll-roll, yeah
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| Jordan River, roll River Jordan
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| Calling us home, calling us home
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| We got to back ho-oo-oo-ome
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| Back to Africa
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| It’s just calling us home
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| Calling us home
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| Mount Zion high, where we want to go
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| It’s just calling us home
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| Calling us home
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| So long we’ve been down in slavery, well
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| And now we just got to be free
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| Yes, we want to be free, well
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| Jordan River, roll River Jordan
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| Calling us home, calling us home
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| We got to back home
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| Back to Africa
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| It’s just calling us home
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| Calling us home
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| So long we’ve been bound in shackles and chains, woah
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| And now, we just want to go home
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| We got to go home, we want to go ho-oo-oo-oome, woah
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| Jordan River gonna roll
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| Ro-oo-ooll, ro-oo-ooool
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| Jordan River, let it roll
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| So long we’ve been bound in captivity
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| And now, we just got to be free
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| Babylon we want to be free, well
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| Jordan River, roll River Jordan
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| Calling us home, calling us home
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| We got to back ho-oo-oo-ome
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| Back to Africa
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| It’s just calling us home
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| Calling us home
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| Oh River Jordan gonna roll
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| Oh River Jordan gonna roll
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| Ro-oo-oo-ooll. |