Sinner Why Will You Die On That Day

DESCRIPTION: "When you (hear the trumpet blowing/hear the wind blowing/see the lightning flashing/hear the thunder rolling) on that day, on that day, Oh sinner, why will you die on that day"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: death nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 250-251, "Sinnuh W'y Will Yuh Die on Da' Day" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [18 words]: The description follows Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang but I do not repeat the dialect. - BS
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File: HPR250A

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