Lord, Remember Me (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Deat' he is a little man, And he goes from do' to do', He killed some souls and he wounded some...." "Do, Lord, remember me (x2), I cry to the Lord as the year roll around...." "I want to die like-a Jesus die, And he die with a free good will...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (Spaulding)
KEYWORDS: death religious Jesus nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Allen/Ware/Garrison-SlaveSongsUnitedStates, p. 12, "Lord, Remember Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryOfAmericanFolklore, pp. 915-916, "Lord, Remember Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 22, pp. 210-211, "Lord, Remember Me" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: H.G. Spaulding, "Under the Palmetto" in _The Continental Monthly_, Vol. 4, No. 11 (August 1863 ("Digitized by Google")), p. 198, ("O, Lord, remeber me") (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11849
RECORDINGS:
Mississippi John Hurt, "Do Lord Remember Me" (on MJHurt04)
Jimmie Strothers & Joe Lee, "Do, Lord, Remember Me" (AFS 746 B2, 1936; on LC10)
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams, "Do Lord, Remember Me" (on USFlorida01)
Evangelist Sister Rosetta Winn, "Do Lord Remember Me" (on Great Gospel Performers Document Records DOCD-5463 (1996))
NOTES [22 words]: This should not be confused with "Do Lord, Remember Me," a separate song. - PJS
Spaulding is writing from Port Royal, South Carolina - BS
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File: BAF915

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