In the Kingdom
DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "In the kingdom (7x), In the kingdom today." Verse: "My mother (father, sister) has gone to journey away (x3), In the kingdom today"
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, pp. 92-93, "In the Kingdom" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 108-109 in the 1901 edition)
Roud #11620
NOTES [19 words]: Roud lumps this with "'Way in the Kingdom (Aunt Susie)," but the contents are so different that I've split them. - RBW
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