Early in the Morning (III)

DESCRIPTION: "I meet (little Rosa/my mother/brother Robert/etc.) earty in the morning, and I ask her, 'How you do my (daughter)? Oh, Jerusalem, early in the morning."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment); 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: nonballad dancing
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 44, "Early in the Morning" (1 text, 1 tune)
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 15, p. 207, "Walk 'em Easy"; Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 23, p. 211, "Early In the Morning" (2 texts)
Roud #12000
NOTES [31 words]: The chorus ties Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates and Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment together: ("Walk 'em easy round de heaben"(3x) "Till all living may join dat band") - BS
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