Who'll Join the Union?

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Oh Hallelujah (x3), who'll join the Union? (x2)." Verses: The singer wants to see "God's work go on." "Pray to the Lord to turn you around." "Christ has bought my liberty." "If you belong to the Union band ... I love you all both bond and free"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 142-143, "Who'll Jine de Union?" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 220-221 in the 1874 edition)
Roud #15245
NOTES [23 words]: In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses, every alternate line is "Who'll join the Union?" - BS
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