Trouble Will Bury Me Down

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Why brother (sister)" "Poor me, poor me, Trouble will bury me down" (2x). Verse: Hallelujah once, hallelujah twice, Trouble..., The Lord is on the giving hand...." "Sometimes I think I'm ready to drop.... Thank the Lord I do not stop...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton-OldPlantationHymns)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, p. 24, "Po Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Bart024

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