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Thread #26108 Message #3551077
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Aug-13 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Origin: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Subject: RE: Origin: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Thank Joe, I enjoyed going through that JAFL article. Some good stories, even Pat and Mike jokes, and a good section on hymns, although some are fragments.
The song was also published in 1927 (my post, 13 Mar 12; Boatner, "Spirituals ....."
This strongly suggests that the song is older.
It is not listed in "Index of Negro Spirituals" or other lists that I have.