I've Got a Brother in the Snow-White Fields

DESCRIPTION: "I've got a brother in the snow-white fields, Praying all night long. I want to go to Heaven when I die, Oh my Lawd (x2), I want to go to...." "I want to go to Heaven and I want to go right... dressed in white." "I want to go to heaven at my own expense."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious death brother nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 535, "I've Got a Brother in the Snow-White Fields" (1 text)
Roud #11822
File: Br3535

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