He's Got the Whole World in His Hand(s)

DESCRIPTION: "He's got the whole world (right) in his hand (x3); He's got the whole world in his hand." The number of additional verses probably approximates the number of English speakers on earth; most are spiritual, but you can probably imagine some that aren't
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl 168, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hand" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 361, "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" (1 text)
Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, p. 273, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hand"
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 62, 494, 514, 545, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hans" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, pp.102-103, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, WHOLWRLD
Roud #7501
RECORDINGS:
Johnny Brown, "He Got the Whole World in His Hand" (on USFlorida01)
Bessie Johnson's Sanctified Singers, "The Whole World in His Hand" (OKeh 8765, 1930; rec. 1929; on Babylon)
File: Wa168

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