Everybody Who Is Living Has To Die

DESCRIPTION: Verse format: "(Every (body/liar/deacon) who is living's got to die, got to die)(x2)." ("The rich and the poor, the great and the small" or "The young and the old, the short and the tall") "Everybody who is living's got to die, got to die"
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. 278-281, "Eb'rybody Who Is Libin' Got Tuh Die" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
NOTES [18 words]: The description follows Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang but I do not repeat the dialect. - BS
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File: HPR279A

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