Quiero Ser Cristiano en Mi Corazón

Translator: George Paul Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Oh Señor, yo quiero ser Cristiano en mi corazón
Title: Quiero Ser Cristiano en Mi Corazón
English Title: Lord, I Want To Be a Christian
Translator: George Paul Simmonds
Source: Negro spiritual
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Quiero ser
Copyright: Spanish Poem Copyright 1953 by George P. Simmonds. Usado con permiso.

Tune

[Lord, I want to be a Christian]

Both text and tune were first published in Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907), compiled by brothers Frederick Work and John W. Work, Jr. (PHH 476). This music is an example of the slow, sustained, long-phrased tune found in a number of African American spirituals. In the manner of many such spi…

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