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Done Writ Down Yo' Name
Traditional Spiritual and Bluegrass Gospel
ARTIST: From EC Perrow; No. 25, IV Religious Songs and Parodies of Religious Songs, E. C. Perrow, 1913, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," Part 2. Jour. American Folklore, vol. 26, pp. 123-173
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: probably 1800s; 1908
RECORDING INFO: Done Writ Down Yo' Name
EC Perrow; No. 25, IV Religious Songs and Parodies of Religious Songs, E. C. Perrow, 1913, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," Part 2. Jour. American Folklore, vol. 26, pp. 123-173
OTHER NAMES: Done Writ Down Your Name
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SOURCES: The Journal of American Folk-lore, Volumes 25-26 by American Folklore Society
NOTES: "Done Writ Down Yo' Name" is a traditional spiritual from No. 25, IV Religious Songs and Parodies of Religious Songs, E. C. Perrow, 1913, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," Part 2. Jour. American Folklore, vol. 26, pp. 123-173.
DONE WRIT DOWN YO' NAME- EC Perrow
(From Alabama; negroes; MS. of W. O. Scroggs; 1908)
Rise, mourner, rise, and don't be ashame';
Fer Jesus Christ, de Lamb of God,
Done writ down yo' name.
"I believe it!" *(Shouted by the preacher)
Done writ down yo' name.
"Up in Heaven!"
Done writ down yo' name.
"On de Lamb's Book!"
Done writ down yo' name.
I hear dem bells a-ringin';
It's time fer me to go;
De hebbenly breakfast waitin'
On de hebbenly sho'.
"I believe it!"
Done writ down my name, etc.
* "We have here the beginning of a kind of religious drama" (Perrow).
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