“When I Set Out for Glory”

Description

"When I set out for glory, I left this world behind, Determined for a city that's hard to find, And to begging I will go. And to begging I will go, I'll go...." Despite warnings, the singer is set on this path, and would rather be Christian than rich

Supplemental text

When I Set Out for Glory
  Partial text(s)

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The Begging Song

From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, p. 212.
"From singing of Mrs. Louisa Moses."

When I set out for glory, I left this world behind,
Determined for a city that's hard to find,
And to begging I will go.

      Chorus
And to begging I will go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go,
And to begging I will go.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. Fuson, p. 212, "The Begging Song" (1 text)
2. ST Fus212 (Partial)
3. Roud #5426
4. BI, Fus212