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Thread #81597   Message #1495540
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-May-05 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Lay Down This World
Subject: RE: Origins: Lay Down This World
Traditional.
See "Ain't That Good News?" in Work, 1940, p. 195. "American Negro Songs and Spirituals." "Lay Down This World" is repeated in the chorus for each verse.
Probably the same as McIlhenny, "Befo' de War Spirituals, but I haven't seen that book.