Same selection for trombone sextet or sax sextet.

One of the best known American spirituals is Deep River. One cannot argue against the beauty of the tune.

This setting is for SSATBB a capella choir. The bigger the better, though twelve or possibly even six singers can certainly do the piece justice.

The arrangement is loosely based on the third movement of the Slide Suite, transposed and re-harmonized in a few places to improve singability.

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

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

And when I get to heaven, I will take my seat,
And cast my crown at Jesus' feet.

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

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MP3 sound sample: Entire Piece (synthesizer/midi).



DEEP RIVER, an American spiritual arranged by Tom Kirkland, for SSATBB choir a cappella, comes in a pdf file of 320K, with a three-page score, and a license page, four pages in all. Performance time should be about two minutes.