Lord, Until I Reach My Home

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Until I reach my home (x2), I never expect to give the journey over Until I reach my home." Verses: Satan follows the singer, interfering -- "with all his tempting charms" -- when he goes to pray. "At hell's dark door" Jesus saves him.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Devil Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 76, "Lord, Until I Reach My Home" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 171 in the 1909 edition)
Roud #12351
File: Dett076

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