"Wade in the Water" is an African-American spiritual, the lyrics of which were first co-published in 1901 in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers by Frederick J. Work and his brother, John Wesley Work Jr. The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers made the first commercial recording of "Wade in the Water" in 1925, released by Paramount Records.
"Wade in the Water" is an African-American spiritual, the lyrics of which were first co-published in 1901 in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers by Frederick J. Work and his brother, John Wesley Work Jr. The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers made the first commercial recording of "Wade in the Water" in 1925, released by Paramount Records.
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