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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Pace Jubilee Singers
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1927
Covers:
Rev. W. Mosley [as Oh Death, (Won't You) Spare Me Over For Another Year?]
Bessie Jones [Lomax recording on the Georgia Sea Islands]
Dock Boggs [on Vanguard comp. Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired The Movie O Brother Where Art Thou]
Ralph Stanley [in film O Brother, Where Art Thou?]
Not to be confused with hymn Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting by Rev. J.M. Gates from 1926 (reissued on the Harry Smith Collection) using Bible lyrics (Corinthians 15: 55-57). Older versions by Bert Williams (1918) and Arthur Collins (1919). The Indian War Whoop, also from the Smith Collection, did find its way in film O Brother.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)