O Lord What Harm I've Done

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "(O Lord)(x4) O Lord, O Lord, What harm I've done." Verse couplets include "I went to the window to look out, The ramhorn did blow and the children did shout." "I went to the mountain, Jehovah spoke, And out of the mountain came fire and smoke"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 264-265, "Oh Lawd W'ah Haa'm I Done" (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: HPR264A

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