Religion So Sweet (II)

DESCRIPTION: Baptizing song/sermon: "Let's go down to Jurdon (x2)... De ol' ribber Jurdon is mighty deep, but 'ligion is so sweet." The candidates are told of the benefits of baptism, told that Jesus requires it, and reminded of the "sweetness" of religion
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 582-583, "'Ligion So Sweet" (1 text)
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, p. 134-136, "Religion, So Sweet" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Robert Winslow Gordon, "Negro 'Shouts' from Georgia" in Alan Dundes, editor, _Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel_ (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990) "Ligion So Sweet" p. 448 (1 text)
Roud #11061
RECORDINGS:
Lawrence McIver and the McIntosh County Shouters, "Rock That Religion So Sweet" (on McIntoshShouters-RingShoutOnsiteVideo)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Religion So Sweet (I)" (lyrics)
cf. "Let's Go Down to the Water" (lyrics)
NOTES [59 words]: The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree/McIntoshShouters-RingShoutSongs text and track is a "ring shout" song. The McIntoshShouters-RingShoutOnsiteVideo video show the shout.
The Gordon text, also from the Georgia Sea Islands, describes this shout song as having "walk" verses -- "slow and dignified" -- and shout verses in "a double-quick tripping measure." - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: LxA582

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography