Sun Don't Set In the Morning

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Sun don't set in the morning (3x), Light shine 'round the world." Verse: "Pray on, praying sister (brother, preacher), Pray on (3x), Light shine 'round the world"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 23, "Sun Don't Set in de Mornin'" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 130 in the 1901 edition)
Roud #15268
RECORDINGS:
James Garfield Smalls, "Hol' Out de Light" (on USSeaIsland03)
File: Dett023

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