What Color is God's Skin?

DESCRIPTION: "Goodnight I said to my little son, So tired out when the day was done, Then he said as I tucked him in, Tell me, Daddy, What color's God's skin?" The father answers that it is all colors; people of all races are equal to God
AUTHOR: Thomas Wilkes and David Stevenson (source: mudcat.org thread "Looking for songs against racism")
EARLIEST DATE: 1968? (cf. Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: religious discrimination nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 546, "What Color Is God's Skin?" (notes only)
File: ACSF546W

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