“When I Die Don't Wear No Black”

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1952 (Brown)
Keywords: death mourning clothes ghost
Found in: US(SE)

Description

"When I die don't wear no black, For if you do My ghost come a-creeping back."

References

  1. BrownIII 489, "When I Die Don't Wear No Black" (1 text)
  2. Roud #11871
  3. BI, Br3489
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