VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, VocalEssence Singers of This Age, VocalEssence Vintage Voices, orchestra

4 movements: *asterisk denotes world premiere
I. Go Down, Moses
II. Mary Was the Queen of Galilee*
III. Steal Away*
IV. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho*

A SUITE OF SPIRITUALS
arr. B.E. Boykin

II. Mary Was The Queen of Galilee*

Who was Mary?
Mary was the Queen of Galilee.

Mary rode to Bethlehem.
There she brought the Holy Lamb.
Mary saw Him crucified.
When her Lord cried out an’ died.
Oh, she wept an’ Martha moaned.
Sky turned purple all aroun’.

Now after Sunday down at the tomb,
When the stone was rolled away,
She didn’t find her Lord, an angel came unto her
Telling the good news that Jesus Christ is risen
And will appear again.
Queen of Galilee,
Oh, Mary was the Queen of Galilee.
—Negro Spiritual