I Want To Go To Heaven

DESCRIPTION: "Give away Jordan (3x), I want to go to heaven to see my Lord." Verses include "Just let me put on my long white robe ... I'll march Jerusalem 'round and 'round"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories)
KEYWORDS: floatingverses nonballad religious
FOUND IN: West Indies(Bahamas)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories 37, "I Wan' To Go To 'Evun" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [55 words]: The description is based on the Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories text. Verses are couplets, each line followed by "I want to go to heaven to see my Lord."
Floating verses include "I look'd over yonder; what I see? ... I see bright angels standing there," "The talles' tree in Paridise ... The Christians call it 'Tree of Life.'" - BS
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File: Edwa037

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