Went to the Burial (Sinner Rock So)

DESCRIPTION: The singer says we buried Jesus last night. Joseph wrapped the body. Mary wept and Martha moaned. "They crucified my Jesus." Response to each line: "sinner weep, sinner weep so"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree)
KEYWORDS: burial mourning religious Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, pp. 146-149, "Went to the Burial (Sinner Rock So)" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Brenton Jordan and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Went to the Burial / Sinner Weep So" (on McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts)
NOTES [28 words]: The description is from the Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree text.
The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree text and McIntoshShouters-SpiritualsShouts track are "ring shout" songs. - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: RSBF146

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