Old Zion's Children Marching Along

DESCRIPTION: "Old Zion's children marching along, marching along, marching along, Old Zion's children marching along Talking about the welcome day." "I hailed my mother (brother) in the morning." "Don't you want to live up yonder"
AUTHOR: Ralph E Hudson ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (WITrinidadBaptistMusic01)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE) West Indies(Trinidad)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: John W. Work, _American Negro Songs_ (New York: Crown Publishers, 1940 (republished by Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998)), p. 164, "Old Zion's Children Marchin' Along" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12230
RECORDINGS:
Leader Fitzroy Small and St. Francis Spiritual Baptist Church congregation, "Marching the Children Home" (on WITrinidadBaptistMusic01)
NOTES [45 words]: The description follows Work. I think the [St. Francis Spiritual Baptist Church congregation song] "Marching the Children Home" is this hymn but, though the tune seemed to match Work's I could not understand the words at all. Glazier's liner notes include no song words. - BS
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