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Getting happy, an experience seen almost exclusively in the Black Church and in Pentecostal churches generally, refers to the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, usually involving ecstatic singing, dancing, and a general spiritual fervor. It is heavily associated with shout music (as the music and the bodily expression are largely inseparable). Accounts of nineteenth century African American slave spirituality use the term, as recorded in the book God Struck Me Dead: Voices of Ex-Slaves. ([1])

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  • Getting happy, an experience seen almost exclusively in the Black Church and in Pentecostal churches generally, refers to the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, usually involving ecstatic singing, dancing, and a general spiritual fervor. It is heavily associated with shout music (as the music and the bodily expression are largely inseparable). Accounts of nineteenth century African American slave spirituality use the term, as recorded in the book God Struck Me Dead: Voices of Ex-Slaves. All of my people were great Christians. Shouting, singing, praying, and good old heartfelt religion make up the things that filled their lives. [...] Aunt Charlotte used to cry most all the time when she got happy. —an ex-slave preacher, in God Struck Me Dead, page 75. One of the early nineteenth century traditional 'Negro Spirituals' to use the phrase, is the following: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODYGood morning everybodyGood morning everybody, LordMy soul got happy this morningMy soul got happy this morning, LordYou may call me “hypocrite member”You may call me “hypocrite member”, LordBut my soul got happy, this morningBut my soul got happy this morning, LordI’m going to see my motherI’m going to see my mother, LordGoing to sit down by my JesusGoing to sit down by my Jesus, Lord. ([1]) (en)
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  • Getting happy, an experience seen almost exclusively in the Black Church and in Pentecostal churches generally, refers to the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, usually involving ecstatic singing, dancing, and a general spiritual fervor. It is heavily associated with shout music (as the music and the bodily expression are largely inseparable). Accounts of nineteenth century African American slave spirituality use the term, as recorded in the book God Struck Me Dead: Voices of Ex-Slaves. ([1]) (en)
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