Going Up

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "I'm going up, going up, Going all the way, Lord, Going up, going up, To see the heavenly land" (x2). Verses: The singer will keep climbing to see the angels, and likes best the shouting Methodists who drive the devil away.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Devil
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 34-35, "Gwine Up (Oh Yes, I'm Gwine Up)" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 216-217 in the 1874 edition)
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 66, "Oh, Yes, I'm Going Up" (1 text)
Roud #12080 and 12356
File: Dett034

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