Glory Road, De

DESCRIPTION: "I lay on mah bed untell one erclock, An' de Lord come callin' all his faithful flock. An' He call 'Whoo-ee!,' an' He call 'Whoo-ee!" The hearer is told to hurry up and get to heaven. "Ode glory road... I'm gwine ter drap mah load upon de Glory Road. "
AUTHOR: Words: Clement Wood / Music: Jacques Wolfe)
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (sheet music, "Three Negro Poems by Clement Wood," with settings by Jacques Wolfe)
KEYWORDS: religious travel home
FOUND IN: US(NE)
RECORDINGS:
Patricia Campbell, "De Glory Road" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #230, recorded 09/05/2022)
NOTES [51 words]: This is incredibly racist; I find it hard to believe that a northern informant would even admit to knowing such a thing. Patricia Campbell's version has had the dialect cleaned up, and she doesn't get to the part where God talks to the "N...." -- but it still makes me feel unclean to include this thing. - RBW
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