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Day 297 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "One of the sublime creations of the black in America. . . mystic, simple, poetic, elusive, tinted with shadings of the light that never was on land or sea.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This is probably a religious adaption of "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane." (from The Traditional Ballad Index)
Day 297 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "One of the sublime creations of the black in America. . . mystic, simple, poetic, elusive, tinted with shadings of the light that never was on land or sea.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This is probably a religious adaption of "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane." (from The Traditional Ballad Index)
