I'm On My Way

DESCRIPTION: "I'm on my way, and I won't turn back! I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way." "I'm on my way to Canaan's land." "I ask my sister to go with me." "If she says no, I'll go alone." "I ask my boss to let me go." "If he says no, I'll go anyhow."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (recording, Carter Family)
KEYWORDS: religious travel
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, "I'm On My Way" (1 text, 1 tune)
Greenway-AmericanFolksongsOfProtest, p. 100, "I'm On My Way" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cray-AshGrove, p. 40, "I'm On My Way" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 302, "I'm On My Way" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 309, 391, "I'm on My Way to Freedom Land" (notes only)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Charles W. Joyner, "The Repertory of Nancy Jones as a Mirror of Culture in Scotland County," Vol. XXI, No. 3 (Sep 1973), p. 94, "(I'm on my way, I'm on my way, To Canaan land, To Canaan land" (1 text)
Roud #16309
RECORDINGS:
Carter Family, "On My Way to Canaan's Land" (Bluebird B-8167, 1939)
Pete Seeger, "I'm On My Way" (on PeteSeeger04) (on PeteSeeger15) (on PeteSeeger26); "I'm On My Way to Canaan's Land" (on PeteSeeger44)
SAME TUNE:
I'm On My Way (RECORDING: Mamie Brown, Carleton Reece & Birmingham Movement Choir, on SingFreeCD; RECORDING: Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Rights Choir, on VoicesCiv)
File: Grnw100

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