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De Udder Worl' Is Not Lak Dis/The Other World Is Not Like This
Tradtional Old-Time, Spiritual;
ARTIST: from Howard W. Odum's 1909 "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes" (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, p. 356).
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; 1909 Howard W. Odum, "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes" (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, p. 356).
RECORDING INFO: De Udder Worl' Is Not Lak Dis
Odum, Howard W. "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes" (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, p. 356). 1909
OTHER NAMES: "The Other World Is Not Like This"
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SOURCES: 1909 Howard W. Odum, "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes" (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, p. 356).
NOTES: “De Udder Worl' Is Not Lak Dis” is an African-American spiritual that was first published by Howard Odum in 1909 and again by Odum and Johnson in the 1925 book, The Negro and His Songs.
Howard Odum in 1909:
"But the Christian does not have an easy time after his conversion. Satan is always at hand and ready to lead him away if there is a chance. The negro's idea of satan and the devil has been noted. In his march songs the negro imagines that he is marching against his foe; this foe is sometimes satan himself. "The other world is not lak' dis" is a typical marching song."
De Udder Worl' Is Not Lak Dis- Odum and Johnson
I er's walkin' 'long de oder day,
De udder worl' is not lak' dis,
I met ole satan on de way,
De udder worl' is not lak' dis,
He said, "Young man, you 're too young to pray ",
De udder worl' is not lak' dis.
CHORUS: Tell all dis worl',
Tell all dis worl',
Tell all dis worl',
De odder worl' is not lak' dis.
As I went down in de valley to pray,
De udder worl' is not lak' dis,
I met a little looker on de way,
De udder worl' is not lak' dis,
He said: "Look out fer de Judgment day,"
De udder worl' is not lak' dis.
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