When I Die Don't Wear No Black

DESCRIPTION: "When I die don't wear no black, For if you do My ghost come a-creeping back."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: death mourning clothes ghost
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 489, "When I Die Don't Wear No Black" (1 text)
Roud #11871
File: Br3489

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