Death, Ain't You Got No Shame?

DESCRIPTION: "Death, ain't you got no shame, shame...." "Left his pappy to moan, moan...." "Left his widder alone, lone...." "Left his mammy to weep, weep...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: religious death nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 129, "Death, Ain't You Got No Shame?" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 248-249, "Det' Ain't Yuh Got No Shame" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6682
File: LoF129

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