You Got to Move

DESCRIPTION: "You got to move (x2)... When God gets ready, you've got to move." In one form, "That preacher's got to move!" "That drunkard's got... " "I got..." Whether high or low, policeman or prostitute, when the Lord gets ready, "you got to move"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (recording, Two Gospel Keys)
KEYWORDS: warning nonballad religious whore clergy police gods
FOUND IN: US(MA,SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Carawan/Carawan-AintYouGotARight, p. 147, "You Got To Move" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16194
RECORDINGS:
Rev. Gary Davis, "You Got to Move" (on GaryDavis02)
Brother Claude Ely, "You Got to Move" (King 1282, 1953)
Morning Star Hall Singers, "You Got to Move" (on SeaIslFF1; USSeaIsland01)
Two Gospel Keys, "You've Got to Move" (Solo 10-007, 1946; on Babylon)
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams, "You Got to Move" (on USFlorida01)
File: RcYGtoMo

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