Who Have You Got In Heaven
DESCRIPTION: "(Who've you got in Heaven?) (x2) Lord I can't stand still, (Stand still Jordan) (x3) Lord I can't stand still." Later verses start "I've got a (mother/sister/brother/...) in Heaven"
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. 326-327, "Who Yuh Got Een Heben" (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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