Vusi Mahlasela - River Jordan Lyrics

Mother mother
I saw you cross the river Jordan

Mother, mama wam
I’ve been listening to you
So close
And yet so far away

I’ve never stopped hearing your words since that Easter morning
It is now very clear
That the meaning of your last wish for me
Oh yes
Revealed my destiny

I saw you cross the river Jordan
With the most positive courage
When they washed your feet
Your last communion I was there
Mama

You fell down among us with a smile
And lay looking up with the look of another world

You departed surrounded by the singing (hallelujah)
And the praises of the hallelujah
Some envied your departure
Some came to offer what ever little comfort they could give

Hallelujah

Mother Mother
I saw you cross the river Jordan

Mother, mama wam
I saw you cross the river Jordan
I saw you cross the river Jordan
I saw you cross the river Jordan
I saw you cross the river Jordan