In That Eternal Day
DESCRIPTION: The singer says nobody had anything to say to him when he was in the world, but now, in the House of God everybody talks to him. "Carry me and bring me in that eternal day"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: burial death nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands, p. 190, ("When I bin in de worl' bin a sin") (1 text)
File: Parp190A
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