539. John Saw de Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand

539

John Saw de Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand

Cf. 'Jolin Saw the Holy Number,' above.

From Miss Jewell Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county (later .Mrs. C. P.
Perdue), July 1928. Phonograph recording made at Pekin in 1922.

John saw de hundred and forty-four thousand,
can't stay away.

got a mother, and she's gone on to glory,
can't stay away.

got a brother, and he's gone on to glory,
can't stay away.

got a sister, and she's gone on to glory,
can't stay away.

5 I got a father, and he's gone. . . .
[MS unfinished.

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539

John Saw de Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand
'John Saw de Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand.' Sung by Miss Jewell
Robbins, Pekin, Montgomery county, July 1922. For additional texts cf.
SHIS 46; NSNH 38-9; and BANS i 158.

F-47S


John de hun - dred — and for - ty - four thou - sand, '


John saw de hun - dred- and for - ty - four thou - sand,


John saw de hun - dred- and for - ty - four thou - sand.
And I can't stay a - way.

Scale: Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: c. Structure: abac (2,2,2,2) = aai

(4,4).