Packing Up, Getting Ready

DESCRIPTION: "Packing up, getting ready, Going to see King Jesus, I'm packing up, getting ready, Packing up, getting ready to go."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Charles W. Joyner, "The Repertory of Nancy Jones as a Mirror of Culture in Scotland County," Vol. XXI, No. 3 (Sep 1973), p. 94, "(Packing up, getting ready, going to see King Jesus)"/"(King Jesus is mine and I'm forgiven)" (1 short text, or possibly two independent fragments)
NOTES [34 words]: Aretha Franklin recorded a song, "Packing up, getting ready to go." It does not appear to be the same as this. I would assume that this is a hymn from... somewhere... but I have been unable to locate it. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.1
File: NCF212PU

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