“There'll Be No Distinction There”

Description

"There'll be no sorrow on that heavenly shore, There'll be no woes at the cabin door...." Singer describes heaven as a place without sorrow, poverty, class distinctions, racism, adultery, nagging women, or booze.

Recordings

  • Carter Family, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (OKeh 05982/Conqueror 9572, c. 1940)
  • New Lost City Ramblers, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (on NCLR09)
  • Blind Alfred Reed, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (Victor 23550, 1931)

References

  1. BrownIII 563, "Dar'll Be No Distinction Dar" (1 text)
  2. Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 232-233, "There'll Be No Distinction There" (1 text, 1 tune)
  3. DT, DISTNCTN
  4. Roud #11883
  5. BI, CSW232

About

Author: Blind Alfred Reed
Earliest date: 1931 (recording, Blind Alfred Reed)
Keywords: nonballad religious
Found in: US(SE)