I Belong to that Band

DESCRIPTION: "I never saw the like since I been born, People keep coming and the train done gone." "I belong to that band, Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, I belong to that band, Hallelujah." "Some come crippled and some come lame." "Clouds look heavy...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Chappell)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad floatingverses train disability
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 583, "I Belong to that Band" (1 text); also 624, "Old Satan's Mad" (5 texts, of which the short "A" text is probably "Free at Last"; "B" is a variation on "Down By the Riverside (Study War No More)"; "C" has the "Old Satan's Mad" stanza but a "climbing Zion's walls" chorus; D" is an unidentifiable fragment perhaps related to "I Belong to that Band; and "E" is also a fragment, perhaps of "Free At Last")
Chappell-FolkSongsOfRoanokeAndTheAlbermarle 87, "O I Believe in Jesus" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11900
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ten Stone" (lyric)
File: Br3583

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