Religion So Sweet (I)

DESCRIPTION: "O walk Jordan long road, And religion so sweet. O religion is good for anything, And religion so sweet." "Religion makes you happy." "O member, get religion." "O I gwine to meet my savior." "I seek my Lord and I find him."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 13, "Religion So Sweet" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11847
RECORDINGS:
Lawrence McKiver and the McIntosh County Shouters, "Religion, So Sweet" (on McIntosh1)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Religion So Sweet (II)" (lyrics)
cf. "My Bible Leads to Glory" (lyrics)
File: AWG013A

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