Want to Go to Heaven When I Die

DESCRIPTION: "Want to go to heaven (see my mother (father, sister, Jesus)) when I die (x3), Good Lord, when I die (x4)."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 53, App.II, "Want to Go to Heaven When I Die" (2 texts, 2 tunes; p. 170 in the 1909 edition)
Roud #12244
File: Dett053

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