Jester

COUNTRY: United States
LANGUAGE: English

GENRE: Sacred Harp/Shape Note

“Jester” is a choral hymn from the United States sung in the shape note/”Sacred Harp” tradition. Shape note singing developed in the 18th and 19th centuries the American northeast and south among Christian communities who chose to use visual musical notation to welcome community members to sing.

Lyrics:

If our fathers want to go,
Why don’t they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!

If our mothers want to go,
Why don’t they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!