Shall I Die?

DESCRIPTION: "Believer, O shall I die? O my army, shall I die?" "Jesus die, shall I die? Die upon the cross, shall I die?" "Die, die, die, shall I die? Jesus da coming..." "Run for to meet him... Weep like a weeper..." "Mourn like a mourner... Cry like a crier..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious Jesus death
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 41, "Shall I Die?" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11994
NOTES [22 words]: Allen writes that "Shall I Die?" was used as a shout hymn on his plantation (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. xv). - BS
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File: AWG041A

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