I Have Another Building

DESCRIPTION: "I know I have another building, I know it's not made with hands." "I haven't been to heaven, But I've been told, Not made with hands, That the streets are pearl and the gates are gold. 'Some of these mornings bright and fair, Going to meet my Jesus...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad home
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, pp. 61-62, "I Have Another Building" (1 text)
Roud #11959
NOTES [28 words]: Revelation 21:21 says that the gates of the New Jerusalem are of pearl and the streets are of gold; Work's version appears to recall this verse but have it backward. - RBW
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File: FSAN061A

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