“Bill Miller's Trip to the West”

Description

"When I got there I looked around; No Christian man or church I found." Alleged to describe the adventures of Confederate captain Bill Miller of North Carolina, but the two lines quoted above are all the text known

Notes

Many editors print occasional fragments of songs they can't identify, but as of this moment, I think this is the most anonymous fragment I've yet seen in a book of traditional song. - RBW

References

  1. BrownII 268, "Bill Miller's Trip to the West" (1 fragment)
  2. Roud #6625
  3. BI, BrII268

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1952 (Brown)
Keywords: clergy
Found in: US(SE)