Set Down, Servant

DESCRIPTION: "'Set down, servant.' I can't set down... my soul's so happy that I can't set down." The servant describes the various things God promises: A long white robe, a starry crown, a golden waistband, etc. An angel is instructed to supply all these
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 176, "My Soul's So Happy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-FolkSongUSA 105, "Set Down, Servant" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 584-585, "Set Down, Servant" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 367, "Set Down, Servant" (1 text)
Tobitt-TheDittyBag, p. 71, "Oh, Won't You Sit Down?" (1 text, 1 tune)
MidwestFolklore, Bruce R. Buckley, "'Uncle' Ira Cephas -- A Negro Folk Singer in Ohio," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), pp. 16, "Set Down Servant" (1 text)
Roud #10076
ALTERNATE TITLES:
I Can't Sit Down
File: LxU105

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