“I Got a Key to the Kingdom”

Description

"Preacher, I got de key of de kingdom, De world can't do me no harm... Watch your secret keeper, Always bringin' you news, Tell a lie upon you And keep you all confuse'." The singer warns of false friends but doesn't think they matter

Cross references

References

  1. BrownIII 587, "I Got a Key of De Kingdom" (1 text)
  2. Roud #11829
  3. BI, Br3587

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1930 (cf. Brown)
Keywords: religious nonballad
Found in: US(SE)