Children No Land No De

DESCRIPTION: Call and response. Response is "Children, no land no de a." Calls are "Children no land no de," "The land in celestial shining glory"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (WITrinidadVillage02)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: West Indies(Trinidad)
RECORDINGS:
Emile Paul, Carl Monsegui, Allan Lovelace, "Children No Land No De" (on WITrinidadVillage02)
NOTES [37 words]: Donald R. Hill and Lise Winer, liner notes for WITrinidadVillage02 have this as a Spiritual Baptist baptising song. The text is from WITrinidadVillage02 as transcribed in the liner notes; I could not make out some words. - BS
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File: RcCNLNDe

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