On to Glory

DESCRIPTION: "Oh come my brethren and sisters too, We're going to join the heavenly crew, To Christ our savior let us sing And make our loud hosannas ring. O, hallelujah...." "Oh, there's (Bill Thomas), I know him well...." (The singer lists sinners and their sins)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 66, "On to Glory" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12022
NOTES [62 words]: The notes to this song in Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates question whether this is of Negro origin but say that it "illustrat[es] the pressure brought to bear upon the wavering." I don't know about you, but if a preacher started picking on *me* that way, I'd walk out of the congregation. So I have to suspect the audience was, in some sense or other, captive. - RBW
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File: AWG066

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