No Hiding Place (II)
DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "No hiding place, No hiding place, Almost to the Judgment Bar, No hiding place." Verse: "Fox got a hole in the ground, Bird got a nest in the air, There's nare one thing got a hiding place But these sinners got none"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands 33, p. 151, "No Hidin' Place" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [46 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text. - BS
Matthew 8:20 in the King James Bible reads "And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." - RBW
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