Gospel Ship (III), The

DESCRIPTION: The reponse to each line is "Hosann-sann." Verse lines are "The Gospel ship is sailing." "Jesus is the captain." "The angels are the sailors." "Is your bundle ready?" "Have you got your ticket?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment)
KEYWORDS: ship nonballad religious Jesus sailor
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 30, p. 215, "The Ship of Zion" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Howard W. Odum, _Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes_, (reprint from American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education, July 1909, Vol.3 pp. 265-365 "Digitized by Internet Archive")), p. 78, ("De gospel ship is sailin'") (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Don't You Weep After Me"(floating lyrics)
File: Hi030215

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