Can't Hide Sinner

DESCRIPTION: "You may run to the rock... For a hidin' place... An' the rock cry out...." "You may run to the sea... For a hidin' place... An' the sea cry out...." "Oh, sinner man ... What you going to do... In the Judgment day...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands 30, pp. 143-144, "Can't Hide Sinner" (1 text, 1 tune)
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, p. 251, "Can't Hide Sinner" (1 text, which appears to combine "Sinner Man" with "No Hiding Place" to produce this)
Roud #16450
RECORDINGS:
Church of God in Christ, "You Can't Hide Sinner" (on USMississippi01)
Georgia Sea IslandSingers, "Run to the Rock", St Simon's Island GA, October 1959, Association for Cultural Equity Lomax Digital Archive, ref=T925R15, accessed 19 July 2023 from LomaxArchive at https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/st-simons-island-i-1059/run-rock
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "No Hiding Place (I)" (theme)
NOTES [52 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text. In Parrish's text, and the USMississippi recording, each verse line is followed by "can't hide," and the tag line is "you can't hide sinner, you can't hide."
The LomaxArchive track is the accompaniment for a "ring shout." - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: Parr030

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