Somebody's Buried in the Graveyard

DESCRIPTION: "Somebody's buried in the graveyard, Somebody's buried in the sea, Going to get up in morning a-shouting, Going to join the jubilee." "To the promised land I'm bound to go." "Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down"; he'll go to heaven no matter what
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad burial
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 34, "Somebody's Buried in the Graveyard" (1 text, 1 tune); p. 60, "Somebody's Buried in the Graveyard" (1 text)
Roud #11957
File: WFAN034

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