Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

Again, this is Rev. Davis reviving an old song in his typical key of G chord-melody style, the melody played on the first string as it is supported by chords and the runs that connect those chords. Dr. Ellis tells us that it is also known as “Sweepin’ Through The City,” and “I Won’t Be Back.”

This popular gospel number has received many treatments, most notably by the Carter Family (as “We Will March Through the Streets of the City”) and Shirley Caesar and the Caravans in 1962 for Savoy (“I Won’t Be Back”). It has even shown up in the repertoires of the Singing and Praying Bands of Maryland