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B:Patterson, D W, 1979, The Shaker Spiritual, Princeton University Press, New Jersey
Z:Daniel W Patterson
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
T:Dialogue between Jacob and Esau, A
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
Q:1/4=120
K:C
A2 |c2 A c2 c |d3 e2 d |c2 A A2 G | A3 
w:The war is now pro-claim-ed the bat-tle is be-gun.
f3 |d2 d c2 G |A3 d2 d |e2 d c d e | d3
w: I'm bound for full sal-va-tion with world and flesh_ I'm done.
|:a3 |g2 f e2 d |c3 A2 A |d2 d d c B |A3
w: I'll keep you at a dis-tance to die it is_ your doom.
 f3 |d2 d c2 G |A2 A d2 d | e2 d c d e |d3 :|
w: I'll nev-er shed a tear for you but lay you in_ the tomb. 
M:6/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
Q:1/2=72
A6 |A2 G4 A4 c2 | A2 HG4 G A4 A |A2 G2 A2 c4
w:My state is tru-ly aw-ful 'tis more than I_ can bear. 
 G2 |A4 A2 A4 c2 |d e4 A c4 c2 | A4 G2 A4 
w:You doom me to de-struc-tion I'm al-most in de-spair
|:d2 |e4 e2 d4 c2 |A c4 c d4 d2 | d2 c2 d2 e4
w:I want to have sal-va-tion and go to heav-*en too 
 d2 |e4 e2 d4 c2 |A c4 A c4 c2 |A4 G2 A6 :|
w:But by your cru-el lan-guage my hopes you would un-do.