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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

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JORDAN
The River Jordan winds roughly 156 miles from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea and has long stood in spirituals as the boundary between struggle and rest.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PRAISE
The song's immortal refrain, 'Hallelujah', is itself a cry of praise, appearing after nearly every line and turning a simple rowing call into a joyful shout with each stroke of the oar.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SISTER
The spiritual calls on a sister to help trim the sail, a rare and tender detail that places a woman's steady hands at the heart of the crossing.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TRUMPET
Later verses of the song speak of Gabriel's trumpet blowing loud, a sound that signals the journey is finally, gloriously, over.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, free large-print word search steeped in cold river water, a trimmed sail, and the joy of the far bank.

About Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

Few songs carry a river crossing quite like this one. Rooted in the American spiritual tradition, it was first documented among formerly enslaved people on the Sea Islands of South Carolina in 1867, its verses painting the Jordan as both real water and promised passage. The imagery is spare and vivid: one boat, one set of oars, a sister steadying the sail, and on the far side, milk and honey, glory, and a trumpet already sounding the welcome.

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