Zek'l Weep

DESCRIPTION: "Zek'l weep, Zek'l moan, Flesh come a-creepin' off o' Zek'l bones... I know you goin' to miss me when I'm gone." "Star in the east, star in the west, Wish that star was on my breast" "Hush little baby don't you cry, Know that your mother was born to die"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Scarborough)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 449-450, "Zek'l Weep" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, pp. 209-210, (no title) (1 text)
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands, pp. 251-252, "When I'm Gone To Come No Mo'" (1 text)
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 282-283, "W'en I'm Gone, Gone, Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST San449 (Full)
Roud #12174
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "All My Trials" (floating lyrics) and references there
NOTES [38 words]: Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag's first verse here may be a backward telling of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezek. 37:1-14. Or, again, it may not.
Scarborough's text never mentions Ezekiel, but the rest seems to belong here. I think. - RBW
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File: San449

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