548. There Is No Place in the Height of Heaven

548. There Is No Place in the Height of Heaven

White prints the son^ as below in ANFS 129, with an analysis
of it as "A curious mixture of secular and relig'ious sonj^ traits"
('Jerusalem, My Happy Home,' 'Home, Sweet Home,' and other
spirituals).

 

6o6 NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE

A

'Tim of Tliis." Reported from Durham, December 1919, MS of W. A.
Ellison. Jr., of Belhaven, Beaufort county. "Heard from a colored
preacher."

There is no place in the heit^^ht of Heaven,

There is no place like home,

Home, home, sweet home,

There's no place like home.

Kind friends, I hid you all farewell.

I leave you in God's care.

And if I never more see you

Go on, I'll meet you there.

Home, home, sweet home.

There's no place like home.

Sometimes I'se up.

Sometimes I'se down.

Sometimes I'se almost on de ground.

Glory to his name.

Oh ! glory hallelujah.

B
Reported by R. B. Edwards, probably from Beaufort county.

1 There is no place in the height of heaven.
There's no place like home.

C lionis:

Home, home, home, sweet home,
There's no place like home.

2 Dear friends, I'll bid you all adieu.
I leave you in God's cause.

And if I never more see you,
Go, and I will meet you there.