Mone, Member, Mone

DESCRIPTION: "Tell-a me who had a rod, Mone, member, mone! Hit was Moses, child of God, Mone, member, mone!" A call-and-answer sermon describing the crossing of the Red Sea, listing the order of those who will go to heaven, and calling for repentance
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 578-579, "Mone, Member, Mone" (1 text)
Roud #15562
NOTES [34 words]: One suspects that this was sort of a preacher's "zipper" text -- any story could be zipped in to replace the Exodus account. But I've never seen this in any other form, so I can't say with certainty. - RBW
File: LxA578

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