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What you gwine do in Egypt; What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out?

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Davis, T.M.

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voice Collected by Irene Carlisle Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by T. M. Davis Fayetteville, Arkansas April 10, 1951 Reel 108, Item 7 What You Gwine to Do in Egypt T. M. Davis: Oh, this is an old Negro minstrel that I heard an old slave sing when I was a boy. What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out? When your lamp goes out When your lamp goes out What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out? You pray for me and I’ll pray for you What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out? For that -[Break in tape]- way for the Christian to do What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out? When your lamp goes out When your lamp goes out What you gwine to do in Egypt when your lamp goes out? Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Carlisle, Irene JonesLucy, Nathaniel
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1951 05 10
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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