Don't You Mind What The Devil Does

DESCRIPTION: "(Don't you mind what the (devil/Reverend/lawyer/deacon/hypocrit) does, Don't you mind) (x2) Don't you mind what the (...) does, He can't get to Heaven and he won't let you, Don't you mind."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Devil
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 320-321, "Don't Yuh Min' W'at duh Debble Do" (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: HPR320D

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