“A Crown For Us All”

Description

"I had a pious (father/mother/brother/sister) that I once loved dear, He's been gone for many a year, He has lain in his grave for many a day Till the power of God shall call him away. There's a crown for you, and a crown for me, Glory be to God...."

Supplemental text

Crown For Us All, A
  Partial text(s)

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From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, p. 211.
"From singing of C. M. Moses."

I had a pious father, that I once loved dear,
He's been gone for many a year,
He has lain in his grave for many a day,
Till the power of God shall call him away.

    Chorus
There's a crown for you, and a crown for me,
Glory be to God; there's a crown for us all.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. Fuson, p. 211, "A Crown For Us All" (1 text)
2. ST Fus211 (Partial)
3. Roud #16372
4. BI, Fus211