One Of These Days (I)

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Soon shall be done with the crosses (Trouble of the world, crosses) When the Lord calls me home." Verse: "Sister (Brother) x, one of these days, my sister (brother) one of these days (x2), When the Lord calls me home"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands, p. 167, "One-a These Days" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Willis Proctor and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "One Of These Days" (on LomaxCD1712, recorded 1959)
NOTES [15 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text. - BS
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File: Parp167

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