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Dec 14, 2015
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Wade in the Water
Wade in the Water, children
Wade in the Water
God's gonna trouble the Water
Wade in the Water, children
Wade in the Water
God's gonna trouble the Water
It means that she is encouraging men and women who want to escape from the horrors of slavery to walk in the water of a creek or pond or lake and follow her so that the scent the slaves leave behind can't be followed by the dogs that the slave catchers use to find them. The water is a way of saying a cover up for the scent and it is also a word that was used to describe a path that was used to escape.