Tseit Kotst Immer Op, De

DESCRIPTION: Pennsylvania Dutch. "De tseit kotst i,mer op (x2), De tseit, de tseit kotst immer op." "Nuch Nei Yaroosalem" "Gutt visht de traina op." "My time is growing short." "To New Jerusalem." "God takes our tears away."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Leach & Glassie)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage religious travel nonballad death
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: MacEdward Leach and Henry Glassie, _A Guide for Collectiors of Oral Traditions and Folk Cultural Material in Pennsylvania_, Pennsylvania historical and Museum Commission, 1973, pp. 39-40, "De Tseit Kotst Immer Op" (1 text plus English translation)
File: MeLG39

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