Hunting for a City

DESCRIPTION: "I am hunting for a city, to stay a while (x3), O, believer got a home at last."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 18, "Hunting for a City" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #11840
RECORDINGS:
Isabel Simmons and the Moving Star Hall Singers, "We Are Hunting for a City" (on USSeaIsland02)
NOTES [35 words]: The Herskovits Trinidadian Spiritual Baptist account of "Jesus Lover of My Soul" fits this USSeaIsland02 track as well. Although this is not a Sankey hymn, the performance style matches "Sankey into Shout." - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: AWG018A

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