All Is Well

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, what is this that steals upon my frame? Is it death? is it death?... If this is death, I soon shall be From every pain and sorrow free... All is well, all is well." The singer bids his friends not to weep, and looks forward to salvation
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Flanders/Brown-VermontFolkSongsAndBallads, from a manuscript reportedly dated 1841)
KEYWORDS: death religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Flanders/Brown-VermontFolkSongsAndBallads, pp. 78-79, "All Is Well" (1 text)
ST FlBr078 (Partial)
Roud #5455
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Come, Come, Ye Saints" (tune)
NOTES [38 words]: Arthur Hugh Clough (1816-1861) wrote a piece, "Whate'er You Dream With Doubt Possesst," subtitled "All Is Well," which I speculated in earlier editions of the Index might be this. Based on the versions I've now seen, it is not. - RBW
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File: FlBr078

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