Lyr Add: Hell Down Yonder

Subject: Hell Down Yonder
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Nov 01 - 08:37 PM

HELL DOWN YONDER

There's a fire down yonder, an' I don't want to go (3 times)
There's a fire down yonder an' I don't want to go down there.

It's hell down yonder an' I don't want to go, etc.

That fire it'll burn you an' I don't want to go, etc.

My mother didn't go, an' I don't want to go, etc.

(Other deceased)

Hambone and chain gang, Anderson Co., SC.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection. Select Audio Subject and go to Spirituals list for sound.
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