Going to Rest from All My Labor

DESCRIPTION: Verse format: First line ending "when I'm dead" is repeated, followed by "In the morning O Lord, My soul's so happy now, O Lord when I'm dead." First lines include "I'm going to rest from all my labor," "Going to rally with the angel Gabriel"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: death nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 244-245, "Gwine T' Res from All My Labuh" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [18 words]: The description follows Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang but I do not repeat the dialect. - BS
Last updated in version 5.1
File: HPR244A

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