Description
This arrangement of the traditional African-American spiritual, Give Me Jesus, also called In the Morning, is for solo piano and a part of the Contemplative Spirituals Collection. The introduction is intended to evoke searching. Searching for something, searching for Jesus. The lyrics “In the morning when I rise, give me Jesus” are also portrayed as a sunrise. “Give me Jesus! Give Me Jesus! You can have all the world, but give ME Jesus.”