Little White Robe

DESCRIPTION: Come on fathers and let's go home, I'm a-going where my troubles will be over, will be over, will be over I'm a-going where... There's a little white robe a-waiting for me, I'm a-going where..." Repeat for mothers, brothers, etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 607, "Lily White Robe" (1 text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 507, "Lily White Robre" (1 partial tune plus a text excerpt)
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol2, p. 25, "Goin' Where My Troubles Will Be Over" (1 short text, 1 tune, which the authors consider to be this although it is too short to really be certain)
Roud #5740 and 7137
RECORDINGS:
Frank Proffitt, "Little White Robe" (on FProffitt01)
Rick Ward, "I'm Going Where My Troubles Will Be Over" (Piotr-Archive #128, recorded 04/18/2022)
File: RcLWRobe

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