Somebody's In Here, It Must Be Jesus

DESCRIPTION: Second and fourth line of each verse: "It must be Jesus," "It must be the Lord." The third line repeats the first. First lines include "Somebody's in here," "See the lightning flashing," "Yonder's ship Maria," "She is out a-sailing," "She is heavy laiden"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 272-273, "Somebody Een Yuh, It Mus' Be Jedus" (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: HPR272A

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