Choose You a Seat And Set Down

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, Lordy, just give me a long white robe" (x2). "In the heaven, choose you a seat and set down" (x4). "Oh Jesus, was my mother there?" "Oh Lordy, was my brother there?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (collected from Dock Reed, Henry Reed, and Vera Hall)
KEYWORDS: clothes religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 34-35 "Choose You a Seat 'n' Set Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15503
File: LoSi034

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