Don't You Weep After Me

DESCRIPTION: "When I'm dead and buried don't you weep after me (x3).... I don't want you to weep after me." Unrelated verses about death: "On the good ship of Zion"; "King Peter is my Captain"; "Bright angels are the sailors"; "When I do cross over"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories)
KEYWORDS: death nonballad Bible funeral
FOUND IN: US(SE,So) West Indies(Bahamas)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Randolph 262, "Jacob's Ladder" (1 text, 1 tune -- a fragment so short that it can only tentatively be classified with this piece; see also "Jacob's Ladder")
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 527, "Don't You Grieve After Me" (2 texts plus a fragment)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 527, "Don't You Grieve After Me" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Edwards-BahamaSongsAndStories 35, "Don't You Weep After Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, p. 9, (no title) (1 fragment)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 350, "Don't You Weep After Me" (1 text)
ST R262 (Full)
Roud #2286
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "Don't You Weep after Me" (on PeteSeeger26)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jacob's Ladder" (floating lyrics)
cf. "Don't You Grieve After Me (I)" (floating lyrics)
cf. "Oh, They Put John on the Island" (floating lyrics)
cf. "The Gospel Ship (III)" (floating lyrics)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
On My Journey
Don't You Grieve After Me
When I'm Dead and Buried
NOTES [27 words]: Both the Randolph fragment and Brown's "A" text and "B" fragment are linked to "Jacob's Ladder." It is not clear whether this link is original or coincidental. - RBW
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File: R262

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