Indian Hymn

DESCRIPTION: Alone in the wood the singer looks to heaven; God looks down and says "Poor Indian never fear, I'm with you night and day." When he dies he'll go "above the sky" with no need of blanket or wigwam, "the better habitation share With Jesus good and kind"
AUTHOR: Rev. Silas Tertius Rand ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1945 (Creighton-MaritimeFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Indians(Am.)
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Creighton-MaritimeFolkSongs, p. 171, "Indian Hymn" (1 text)
Gentry/Smith-ASingerAmongSingers, #58, "Indian Methodist Conversion" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2729
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Little Indian Maid" (theme)
cf. "When I Go Up to Shinum Place" (theme)
NOTES [86 words]: Creighton-MaritimeFolkSongs: "Apparently this was a hymn written by Rev. Silas Tertius Rand who ministered to the Micmac Indians."
See "When I Go Up to Shinum Place" for similar phrases. - BS
I'm far from convinced that Jane Gentry's "Indian Methodist Conversion" is the same song -- it's much simplified and turned into a repeat-with-variations which omits much of the text found in Creighton -- but Roud lumps them, so I'm putting it here. I note that it never mentions anything about Methodists or Methodism. - RBW
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