Lord, I Never Will Come Back Here No Mo'

DESCRIPTION: "Some o' dese days about twelve o'clock, Dis old worl's a gwi' reel and rock. Lawd, I neber will come back here no more. No mo' my Lawd (x2), I neber come back here no mo'." "Way down about Arkansas, De niggers ain't a-arguin' a thing but wa'."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922
KEYWORDS: religious war nonballad floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 349, "Lord, I Never Will Come Back Here No Mo'" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 349, "Lord, I Never Will Come Back Here No Mo'" (1 tunes plus a text excerpt)
Roud #11738
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" (floating lyrics)
File: Br3349

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