I was down the Jericho road And every mile I traveled showed And I'm down the Jericho road
But I just on walkin' Walkin' the Jericho road And the sun set red over fields of And I'm walkin' down the road
Well, Joshua fit the battle, that's how the story The come a-tumb-a-lin' down I know But I'm walkin', walkin' the Jericho road
I met my mother walkin' down the Jericho Tears in her eyes and her hung low And she was walkin' down the Jericho
And I met my father down the Jericho road His back over from a heavy load And he was walkin' the Jericho road
I said, "Papa, you know me? you lay your burden down?" He shook his head and told me, "Son, you better around" He kept on walkin', down the Jericho road
Ooh, down the Jericho Ooh, walkin' the Jericho Ooh, walkin' the Jericho, ooh, ooh
I met my Walk, walkin' down the Jericho And his hands bloody but his face was clean And he was walkin' down the Jericho
I met my Walk, walkin' down the Jericho a baby in her arms that I'd never seen She was walkin' down the Jericho
She said, "It's a little orphan child I found along the way I'll raise him as my own and forgive us all someday" on walkin', walkin' down the Jericho road
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