In the Morning by the Bright Light

DESCRIPTION: "I'se gwine away by the light of the moon, Want all the children to follow me, I hope I'll meet you darkies soon, Oh, hally, hally hallelujah!..." Chorus: "In the morning, morning by the bright light Hear Gabriel blow his trumpet in the morning."
AUTHOR: James Bland
EARLIEST DATE: 1879 (sheet music published by John F. Perry & Co. of Boston)
KEYWORDS: religious
FOUND IN: US(SE,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Randolph 304, "In the Morning by the Bright Light" (1 text)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 569, "Going to Heaven by the Light of the Moon" (1 fragment)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 569, "Going to Heaven by the Light of the Moon" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
ADDITIONAL: Henry Randall Waite, _College Songs: A Collection of New and Popular Songs of the American Colleges_, new and enlarged edition, Oliver Ditson & Co., 1887, pp. 22-23, "In the Morning by the Bright Light" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST R304 (Partial)
Roud #7776
File: R304

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