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We have fathers in the promised land,
We have mothers in the promised land;
I hope one day we'll all get there,
Way over in the promised land.
_Chorus_
Away over in the promised land,
Away over in the promised land;
I hope one day we'll all get there,
Way over in the promised land.
John G. McCurry, the compiler of the _Social Harp_, and William C.
Davis, both of Georgia, seem to have been the first to record this
tune. McCurry dates it 1854. A recently recorded variant of this tune
is 'Long White Robe', Richardson, p. 67. Compare for melodic
similarities the country dance 'Once I Loved a Maiden Faire' on page
47 of Playford's _The English Dancing Master_.
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No. 194
HEBREW CHILDREN, OSH 481