We are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road ! 1. I was livin' me life as an Anglican, let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man. I was livin' me life as an Anglican, let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man. One night I was walking down Fred'rick street, poor and hungry, no shoes on me feet. I passed a door that said "Down with sin", it was the smell of food that pull me in. We are ... Going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road ! + All together, Children ! + CHORUS + Once again, now ! + CHORUS 2. Well, the leader walked up and he shook my hand, said, "I want you to be a holy man." Right away I made a big decision, me stomach was a growling for this new religion. I started over to get some food, when some sisters approached me in a mystic mood. They dunked me in the water 'bout four, five times, I couldn't see a thing 'cause I was almost blind. - Singing, I've got a sword in my hand, I'm going to use it well. Deliver me ! I've got a sword in my hand, Hallelujah ! I'm going to use it well. 3. I was drenched to me skin and I was feeling cold, but the sight of the food made me take a hold. The sisters started to break away, they said, "Kneel, believers, kneel and pray!" I prayed and I prayed in a new-found style, in the meantime me taste buds was running wild. I was about to fall clear out of me seat, when a man jumped up and said, "Before you eat!" You got to ... Mourn, children, mourn, you got to mourn, children, mourn, and if you want to go to Heaven when you die, you got to mourn, children, mourn ! + All together, now ! + CHORUS + Once again, now ! + CHORUS 4. Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain, now I find myself a free man again. Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain, now I find myself a free man again. Don't talk 'bout the leaders, they treat me good, plenty sweet oil and plenty food. My brother, it was then that I realized. ev'ry man on earth should be baptized. ’Cause ... Going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road ! + All together ! + CHORUS + Once again, now ! + CHORUS (Harry Belafonte)