Who's That Yonder

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Who's that yonder? (3x) Looks like my Lord coming in the sky." Sample verse: "Little did I think He was so nigh, He spoke and He made me laugh and cry, Looks like my Lord...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton-OldPlantationHymns)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious floatingverses Devil Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, p. 45, "Who's Dat Yandah" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Gladys Jameson, Sweet Rivers of Song (Berea: Berea College, 1967), pp. 26-27, "Been Down Into the Sea" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7110
NOTES [55 words]: The description is based on the Barton-OldPlantationHymns text. Jameson's source is Barton-OldPlantationHymns.
Barton-OldPlantationHymns includes floating verses like "Sinner, sinner you'd better pray Or your soul be lost at the judgement day" and "The devil is a liar and a conjurer too And if you don't mind he'll conjure you." - BS
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File: Bart045

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