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Thread #76284   Message #1350046
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
07-Dec-04 - 01:01 PM
Thread Name: Info Req: Death Come a Knockin
Subject: RE: Info Req: Death Come a Knockin
Old gospel song, both black (originally?) and white. Smithsonian Folkways has it on a recording made at Fort Valley, GA by the Four Brothers.
A good 'un by Ruthie Foster.
I also would like to know more about its age and origin. There are a number of black gospel songs with 'travelin' shoes' and 'death come' collected since about 1900, but not quite the same content.