[Intro]
Crucifixion of Christ (Oh no!)
Ye-ye-yeah

[Chorus]
I said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
Said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
Said, a how we a go cross river Jordan? (Yeah)

[Verse 1]
A with my bible in my hand
An' rod in my hand
Mi locks in my back

[Refrain]
So we a go cross it
A so we, a so we a go cross river Jordan

[Verse 2]
I said, Moses-Moses
Take off dat shoes
'Cause, the place that foot standeth
Is the holy ground (Oh yeah)

[Chorus]
I said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
I said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
River Jordan; River Jordan
[Refrain]
I said, a so we a go cross river Jordan
I said, a so we a go cross river Jordan

[Verse 3]
A with a clean hands
An' a puring heart
Shall enter the promised land
Dem run wrong-town
One dem big [?]
Just to get righteous man
But they could not enter
In the promised land (Oh yeah)

[Bridge]
Crucifixion; Crucifixion
Crucifixion of Christ (Oh ye-ye-yeah!)

[Chorus]
Said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
I said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
Moses [?] raft across the river
How we a go cross river Jordan?
River Jordan; River Jordan
Hey, river Jordan
[Verse 4]
I said, a how we a go cross river Jordan?
A with my bible in my hand
An' my rod in di other
Mi locks into my back (Uh ye-ye-yey, yeah)

[Outro]
I said, a so we a go cross river Jordan [Scatting]
So we; so we a go cross it (Ye-yeah)