Down In The Valley On My Praying Knees

DESCRIPTION: "(Down in the valley on my praying knees) (x3) O Lord O Lord what shall I do." Other first lines: "Where were you when the evening sun went down," "Where were you when death came creeping in the room" to "take mother" and "steal father"
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. 318-319, "Down Een duh Walley On My Prayin' Knees" (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: HPR318D

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