Where Was Peter

DESCRIPTION: "Where was Peter when the church fell down In some lonesome valley with his head hung down." "Jesus locked the lion's jaw"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: Bible nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands 8, pp. 64-66, "Where Was Peter" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Daniel In the Lion's Den (II)" ("Jesus locked the lion's jaw")
NOTES [59 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text.
Daniel 6:22 has Daniel say, "My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me" (King James). I have seen the "angel" identified with Jesus so that may be the connection here.
Parrish includes this among her "ring shout" songs. - BS
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File: Parr008

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