Cain and Abel (When the Great Day Comes)

DESCRIPTION: "Well, the Good Book says that Cain killed Abel, Yes, Abel, That he hit him in the head with the leg of a table." In the lion's den, Daniel tells the "cullud men" to get their white robes. "Oh, Lord, I'se ready, I'll be ready when the great day comes."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious homicide nonballad clothes
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 557, "Cain and Abel" (1 short text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 557, "Cain and Abel" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, "Yes, Good Lord" (1 text, 1 tune)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 14, "Yes, Good Lord" (1 text)
Roud #11827
RECORDINGS:
Cotton Belt Quartet, "We'll Be Ready When the Great Day Comes" (Vocalion 15263, 1926) [tentative identification; I have not heard the record - PJS]
File: Br3557

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