Walk Together Little Children (Great Camp Meeting in the Promised Land)

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, little children, let us walk together, Little children, don't get (worried/weary),Walk together, little children." "Comin' up,,, is... a Great camp meeting in the Promised Land." "Let us (sing/shout/pray) together, little children..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 26-27, "Walk Togedder, Children (A Great Camp-meetin' in de Promised Land)" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 222-223 in the 1874 edition)
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, pp. 45-46, "Great Camp Meeting" (1 text)
Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices, pp. 40-45, "Walk Together, Little Children" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Big Camp Meeting in the Promised Land" (theme, chorus structure)
File: Rose040

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