Who Am Dat a-Walkin' in de Corn?

DESCRIPTION: "Who am dat a-walkin' in de co'n?.... How long O Lawd, nobody knows, I pray I'll rise on judgment day...." The singer mentions several who might be among the corn: "Joshua de son ob Nun Er King David come to fight Goliar," Petuh, Gabriel, God
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924
KEYWORDS: religious Bible nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Combs/Wilgus-FolkSongsOfTheSouthernUnitedStates 325, p. 192, "Who Am Dat a-Walkin' in de Corn?" (1 text)
Roud #4304
File: CW192

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