In Some Lonesome Graveyard

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "I hear a mighty moaning (x3), In some lonesome graveyard." Verses: "Mother (father, preacher) don't let your daughter (son, member) condemn you (x3), In some lonesome graveyard"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: burial death nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands 46, pp. 193-195, "In Some Lonesome Graveyard" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 234-237, "Ole Egyp'" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
NOTES [15 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text. - BS
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File: Parr046

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