Comin' Home, A Spiritual
| Song Title | Comin' Home, A Spiritual (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Dorothy Adair |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Dorothy Adair |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afterlife; Aging; Angels; Anticipation; Backs; Bending; Brothers; Christianity; Composer is Poet; Cotton; Faith; Fields; God; Grey; Hair; Heaven; Hills; Home; Hope; Lord; Metaphor: Death as Comfort; Old Age; Peace; Perseverance; Prayers; Praying; Protection; Quiet; Resting; Returning; Safety; Salvation; Slavery; Snow; Souls; Spiritual; Strength; Sunset; Thinking; Tired; Watching; Weariness; White |
| First Line | I'se a long time thinkin' o' de Lawd (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1956 (Search) Date written in pencil on the last page of the manuscript – may not be correct composition or publication date. |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Range: | A3 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb minor (Search) |
| Notes | This piece is unpublished and can be requested from the University of Pennsylvania libraries (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |