Waiting for You (I Forgive You Before I Go)

DESCRIPTION: The singer's woman's "cruel ways" may shorten his life. When he dies he'll forgive her but wait for her beyond Jordan. He would trade his pass to glory to stay with her on earth, if that pass were not for two.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (MJHurt05)
KEYWORDS: grief hardheartedness courting love death
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Mississippi John Hurt, "Waiting for You (I Forgive You Before I Go)" (on MJHurt05)
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