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Thread #100593   Message #2020252
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Apr-07 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'SINNER MAN 3'?
Subject: RE: Origins: 'SINNER MAN 3'?
Verse 1 of Sinner Man 3 in another form:
Dere Is No Hidin' Place Down Yhar
1.
O-oo sinner man, sittin' on de gates ub yhell,-
Dere is no hidin' place down yhar,-
O-oo sinner man, sittin' on de gates ub yhell,-
Dere is no hidin' place down yhar,
O-oo sinner man sittin' on de gates ub yhell,-
De gates floo open, en de sinner man fell,
Dere is no hidin' place down yhar.

The song has eight verses and a chorus, but only verse 1 matches a verse in Sinner Man 3.
Mary Walker Finley Speers, "Negro Songs and Folk-Lore," p. 436, JAFL, vol. 23, no. 90, 1910. Found in Virginia, Washington, D. C., and Maryland (See my post in thread 97895 for additional note).