I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For My Lord

DESCRIPTION: "For my Lord (x3).""I'm going to lay down my life for my Lord." Verses: "My head got wet with midnight dew That morning star was shining too." and "When the gamblers (drunkards, liars) get together How can they gamble (drink, lie) like one another."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (LomaxCD1712)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Howard W. Odum, _Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes_, (reprint from _American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education_, July 1909, Vol.3 pp. 265-365 "Digitized by Internet Archive")), p. 59, "Gwi' Lay Down My Life For My Lord" (1 text)
Roud #18289
RECORDINGS:
Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For My Lord" (on LomaxCD1712)
File: RcIGLDMY

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