I Don't Feel Weary

DESCRIPTION: "I don't feel weary and noways tired, O glory hallelujah. Just let me in the kingdom While the world is all on fire, O glory hallelujah." "Going to live with God forever." "And keep the ark a-moving."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 70, "I Don't Feel Weary" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 36-37, "I Am Seekin' for a City (I Don't Feel No-ways Tired)" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 228-229 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #12028
File: AWG070A

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