“My Father's Gone to View That Land”

Description

"My father's gone to view that land, To view that land, to view that land, My father's gone to view that land, To sing that cheering song." "It takes a saint to view that land." "My (mother/brother/sister/children/neighbor)'s gone to view that land."

Supplemental text

My Father's Gone to View That Land
  Partial text(s)

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From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, p. 209.
"From singing of C. M. Moses."

My father's gone to view that land,
To view that land, to view that land,
My father's gone to view that land,
To sing that cheering song.

    Refrain
It takes a saint to view that land,
To view that land, to view that land,
It takes a saint to view that land,
To sing that cheering song.

(5 additional stanzas)

References

1. Fuson, p. 209, "Our Father's Gone to View That Land" (1 text)
2. ST Fus209 (Partial)
3. Roud #13937
4. BI, Fus209