Run, Mary, Run

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Run Mary, run (3x), I know the other world is not like this." Verse: "Swing low, chariot, in the east, Let God's children have some peace, ... west, Let God's children have some rest, ... north ..., ... south, Let God's children sing and shout"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 18-19, "Run, Mary, Run" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 188 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #15264
NOTES [26 words]: Each of Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verse lines is followed by "I know the other world is not like this." - BS
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File: Dett018

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