Shout Jubilee

DESCRIPTION: Verse format: one line, repeated, followed by "Some going to be buried in the graveyard, Some going to be buried in the sea, Get up in the morning before day, I'm going to shout about Jubilee." See notes for verse lines.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: death burial nonballad religious Devil
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 306-307, "Shout Jubalee" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [49 words]: The description follows Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang but I do not repeat the dialect.
Verse lines include "My Lord calls me, I must go," "Satan's got iron shoes," "My Lord calls me I'm going to church," "My Lord calls me on my knees," "Fire in the east, fire in the west." - BS
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File: HPR306S

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