Way Over in the New Buryin' Groun'

DESCRIPTION: "The hammer keeps ringin' on somebody's coffin (x2), Way over in the new buryin' groun'." "Somebody's dying way over yonder (x2), Way over in the new buryin' groun'." "Hearse keeps a-rollin' -- somebody's dyin'...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Barton-OldPlantationHymns)
KEYWORDS: death burial
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Barton-OldPlantationHymns, pp. 35-36, "New Burying Ground" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 614, "The New Buryin' Ground" (3 texts, with common verses though "A" never mentions the burying ground)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 614, "The New Burying Ground" (2 tunes plus text excerpts)
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, p. 473, "Way Over in the New Buryin' Groun'" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #11052
RECORDINGS:
Willie Williams and Group, "The New Burying Ground" (on VaWork)
SAME TUNE:
Woody Guthrie, "Union Burying Ground" (on Struggle2)
File: San473

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