Death Was a Little Thing

DESCRIPTION: "Death was a little thing, It goes from door to door, You take him in the silent grave, It's never to rise no more" "Pray brother ... sing sister ... Praise ye the Lord ... I'm going to serve the Lord"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (Spaulding)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE) West Indies(Bahamas)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories 30, "Death Was a Little Thing" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: H.G. Spaulding, "Under the Palmetto" in _The Continental Monthly_, Vol. 4, No. 11 (August 1863 ("Digitized by Google")), p. 198, ("O, Death he is a little man") (1 text)
NOTES [29 words]: The description is based on the Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories text. The first verse is also in "Lord, Remember Me" (I).
Spaulding is writing from Port Royal, South Carolina. - BS
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File: Edwa030

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