Pioneer Preacher, The

DESCRIPTION: "As we were on the ice and snow, It rained, it hailed, and the wind did blow... We were so cold we almost died." "But thank the Lord, relief was found...." The singer will preach in Tennessee/Cumberland, where "Religion's scarce"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi)
KEYWORDS: clergy storm pioneer settler Indians(Am.)
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi 82, p. 82, "The Pioneer Preacher" (1 short text)
Thomas-BalladMakingInMountainsOfKentucky, pp. 168-169, "The Evangelist's Song" (1 text) (OakEd, pp. 173-174)
Roud #4493
File: Hud082

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