Coffin To Bind Me Down, The

DESCRIPTION: Response for every line is "The coffin to bind me down." Verse lines include "a silver spade to dig my grave," "a golden chain to let me down," "a folding sheet upon my lips"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton-OldPlantationHymns)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious death floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, pp. 22-23, "The Coffin To Bind Me Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Bart022A

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