You Fight On

DESCRIPTION: "If your brother done you wrong, Take him to yourself alone; Tell him brother you done treated me wrong. You fight on, you fight on, with your sword in your hand, You fight on, yes, you fight on, Lawdy you fight on...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: brother religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 248-249, "You Fight On" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #18162
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Christian, Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long" ("fight on" lyric)
NOTES [61 words]: This appears to me to be based -- very loosely -- on Matt. 18:15: "If a brother sins [against you], bring it to his attention when the two of you are alone."
Note: the words "against you" are omitted by the two oldest manuscripts.
Roud lumps this with "Christian, Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long," but other than the words "fight on," I don't see much in common. - RBW
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