Our Fathers They'll Be There

DESCRIPTION: "Our fathers, our fathers they'll be there, Yes, our fathers they'll be there, When we all meet around God's bright throne. What a meeting, what a meeting that will be... When we all meet...." Similarly with mothers, brothers, sisters
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 627, "Our Fathers They'll Be There" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 627, "Our Fathers, They'll Be There" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Roud #11928
RECORDINGS:
Dianne Ward-Hicks, "What a Meeting That Will Be!" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #190, recorded 06/06/2022)
File: Br3627

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