We Shall Walk Through the Valley

DESCRIPTION: "We shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death, We shall walk though the valley in peace, And if Jesus himself shall be our leader, We shall walk through the valley in peace." "We will meet our Father over there...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton-OldPlantationHymns)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, p. 7, "Walk Through the Valley in Peace" (1 text, 1 tune)
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, pp. 55-56, "Walk Through the Valley" (1 text)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 359, "We Shall Walk Through The Valley" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Moses Asch and Alan Lomax, Editors, _The Leadbelly Songbook_, Oak, 1962, p. 59, "We Shall Walk Through the Valley" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11691
File: FSWB359A

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