Now We Take This Feeble Body

DESCRIPTION: "Now we take this feeble body And we carry it to the tomb, And we all leave it there, Hallelujah." "And a hallelujah, and a hallelujah, And we leave it there, hallelujah." "Now we take our dear old father...." Presumably can be repeated for others
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro)
KEYWORDS: death religious burial nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 59, "Now We Take This Feeble Body" (1 text)
Roud #12079
File: FSAN059

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