Your Long Journey

DESCRIPTION: Singer tells loved one that they must now part; the singer is torn with grief, but they will eventually "walk hand in hand/As one in heaven in the family of God." Cho: "Oh my darling, my darling/My heart breaks as you take your long journey"
AUTHOR: Doc & Rosa Lee Watson
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (recorded by authors)
LONG DESCRIPTION: Singer tells loved one that although God has given them years of happiness together, they must now part; as the angels come, the singer is torn with grief, anticipating the coming years without him/her, but they will eventually "walk hand in hand/As one in heaven in the family of God". Chorus: "Oh my darling, my darling/My heart breaks as you take your long journey"
KEYWORDS: grief loneliness farewell parting death dying nonballad religious family husband wife
FOUND IN: US
RECORDINGS:
Doc & Rosa Lee Watson, "Your Long Journey" (on Watson01)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Long Journey
NOTES [34 words]: Although this song is not traditional, and not -- quite -- a ballad, I include it here because of its enduring popularity in the folk revival, which may indicate that it is entering a new oral tradition. - PJS
File: RcDWLoJo

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