Bear the News, Mary

DESCRIPTION: "Bear the news, Mary (x3), I'm on my way to glory." "If you git there before I do, I'm a-hunting a home to go to, Just tell them all I'm a-coming too, I'm a-hunting a home to go to."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934
KEYWORDS: religious floatingverses
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 563-564, "Bear the News, Mary" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15556
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wade in the Water" (floating lyrics) and references there
File: LxA563

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