We Will March Through the Valley

DESCRIPTION: "We will march through the valley in peace (x2). If Jesus himself be our leader, We will march through the valley in peace." "We will march... Behold, I give myself away." "This track I'll see and I'll pursue." "When I'm dead and buried...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad death burial floatingverses
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 73, "We Will March Through the Valley" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, pp. 152-154, "Walk Through the Valley in the Field" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12033
RECORDINGS:
Freddie Palmer and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Walk Through the Valley in the Field" (on McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts)
NOTES [18 words]: The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree text and McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts track are "ring shout" songs. - BS
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File: AWG073B

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