I Can't Stay Behind

DESCRIPTION: "I can't say behind, my Lord, I can't say behind." "There's room enough (x3) in the heaven, My Lord,.. I can't stay behind." "I been all around." "I've searched every room." "The angels singing, all around the throne." "My father call...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment); 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 6, "I Can't Stay Behind" (1 text with extensive notes on variants, 1 tune)
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 3, pp. 22, 199-200, "Room In There" (1 text)
Roud #11857
NOTES [24 words]: Allen writes that "I Can't Stay Behind, My Lord" was used as a shout hymn on his plantation (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. xv). - BS
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File: AWG006

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