Winter, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh the winter, oh the winter, oh the winter'll soon be over, children (x3), Yes my Lord." "'Tis Paul and Silas bound in chains." "You bend your knee on holy ground and ask the Lord to turn you around." "I has my trials here below."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 78, "The Winter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, p. 14, "The Winter Soon Be Over" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 82-83, "De Winter'll Soon Be Ober" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 244 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #12039
File: AWG078

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