“You Must Live Holy”
Description
"There's fathers and mothers all over the land, They're chewing and dipping as fast as they can... You must live holy and free from sin If you aim to get to glory and enter in...." Listeners are told how to live and told to read the Bible
Notes
Almost half of Randolph's text is devoted to the way women dress -- "with their hair bobbed off and their dresses to their knees." It seems clear that this version, at least, originated in the 1920s.
One wonders what the author would think of the styles of the late twentieth century. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Good Old Days of Adam and Eve" (theme) and references there
References
- Randolph 643, "You Must Live Holy" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #7566
- BI, R643