Take a Stand

DESCRIPTION: Verse format: (some-line(3x) "If I never never meet you any more" same-line(3x) "I will meet you on Canaan's shore"). Verse lines include "Live the life," "Take a stand," "Pray for me," "Keep the faith," "Shake my hand"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious death
FOUND IN:
Roud #16317
RECORDINGS:
Blind Willie Johnson, "Take Your Stand" (Columbia 14624-D, 1929)
Rev. R.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough and Congregation, "Live the Life" (on StuffDreams1)
NOTES [20 words]: Blind Willie Johnson's track has "I will meet you on the Kingdom's door" instead of "I will meet you on Canaan's shore." - BS
Last updated in version 5.2
File: RcTaASta

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