“Sweet Heaven (I)”
Description
"I want to go to Heaven and I want to go right; How I long to be there; I want to go to Heaven all dressed in white, How I long..." "Sweet Heaven (x3), Oh, how I long...." About heaven, the contest between the singer and Satan, and other floating themes
Cross references
- cf. "The Catfish (Banjo Sam)" (floating lyrics)
References
- BrownIII 638, "Sweet Heaven" (1 text, with many floating verses, e.g. the terrapin and the toad, "I run old Satan round the stump")
- Roud #11834
- BI, Br3638