Cry Holy

DESCRIPTION: The reponse to each line is "Look at the people that is born of God." A chorus line is "Cry holy holy." Verse lines include "He [Satan] says there's no use to pray," "For Jesus is dead and God gone away," "I made him out a liar and I went my way"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Higginson-ArmyLifeInABlackRegiment 13, p. 206, "Cry Holy" (1 text)
File: HiCryHol

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