There'll Be No Distinction There

DESCRIPTION: "There'll be no sorrow on that heavenly shore, There'll be no woes at the cabin door...." Singer describes heaven as a place without sorrow, poverty, class distinctions, racism, adultery, nagging women, or booze.
AUTHOR: Blind Alfred Reed (1880-1956)
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (recording, Blind Alfred Reed)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 563, "Dar'll Be No Distinction Dar" (1 text)
Cohen/Seeger/Wood-NewLostCityRamblersSongbook, pp. 232-233, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (1 text, 1 tune)
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Roud #11883
RECORDINGS:
Carter Family, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (OKeh 05982/Conqueror 9572, c. 1941; rec. 1940)
New Lost City Ramblers, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (on NCLR09)
Blind Alfred Reed, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (Victor 23550, 1931)
NOTES [15 words]: For background on Blind Alfred Reed, see the notes to "Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls?" - RBW
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