This Is a Sin-Trying World

DESCRIPTION: "This is a sin-trying world (x4)." "Oh, heav'n is so high and I am so low, I don't know whether I'll ever get to Heav'n or no." "Jordan's stream is chilly and wide." "Way over yonder in the harvest field." "You many bury me in the east."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad river home
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 75, "This Is a Sin-Trying World" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12085
File: FSAN075

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