Until I Die

DESCRIPTION: "I'm going to sit in the humble chair." "Going to rock from side to side(x2) Until I die" (repeated several times). "I'm going to rock side by side until I die"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands 7, pp. 62-63, "Until I Die" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [51 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text.
Parrish says "this shout" was "repeated several times." She recognizes that "ring shout" in this context is "a semi-religious survival of African dancing -- not a vocal performance as the name implies" (pp. 62, 13). - BS
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File: Parr007

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