Grave Sinking Down

DESCRIPTION: "(It was sad when the grave was sinking down)(x2) That awful time, People keep awake all night, It was sad when the grave was sinking down"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: death funeral mourning derivative nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 296-297, "Grabe Sinkin' Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Titanic (I), The ("It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down") [Laws D24] (Titanic #1)" (form)
NOTES [27 words]: The description follows Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang but I do not repeat the dialect.
This seems a one verse adaptation of a "Titanic" song. - BS
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File: HPR296G

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