I was Walkin' down the road And every mile that I showed And I'm walkin' the Jericho road
But I just on walkin' down the Jericho road And the sun set red over fields of And I'm walkin' the Jericho road
Well, Joshua fit the battle, how the story goes The walls come a-tumb-a-lin' down I But I'm walkin', walkin' down the Jericho
I met my mother walkin' down the Jericho Tears in her eyes and her head low And she was walkin' down the Jericho
And I met my walkin' down the Jericho road His back bent over from a load And he was walkin' down the road
I said, "Papa, don't you me? Won't you lay burden down?" He shook his head and told me, "Son, you turn around" He kept on walkin', walkin' the Jericho road
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I met my Walk, walkin' the Jericho road And his hands were bloody but his was clean And he was walkin' down the road
I met my Walk, walkin' down the Jericho With a baby in her arms that I'd never She was walkin' the Jericho road
She said, "It's just a little orphan child I along the way I'll him as my own and he'll forgive us all someday" Kept on walkin', walkin' the Jericho road
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