Just As Well Get Ready

DESCRIPTION: Just as well to get ready, you got to die" (2x) "May be today or tomorrow, You can't tell the minute or the hour, Just as well...." "Sinner get ready...." "Just as well to love your enemies...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (McTell)
KEYWORDS: death religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
Roud #12327
RECORDINGS:
Mississippi John Hurt, "You Got To Get Ready" (on MJHurt05)
Blind Willie McTell, "Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die" (on USWMcTell01)
File: RdJAWGRe

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