Don't Leave Me, Lord

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Don't leave me Lord (2x), Lord, don't leave me behind (2x)." Verses: "Jesus is my friend ... He will go with me to the end." "I don't want to stumble and I don't want to stop ... I don't want to be a stumbling block."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 31, "Don't Leave Me, Lord" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 117 in the 1901 edition)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Please Lord, Don't Leave Me" (chorus)
NOTES [24 words]: In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses, every alternate line is "Lord, don't leave me behind." - BS
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