There was a youth the other day

voiceCollected by Karl T. Gosnell For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mr. Munroe Blackwood Russellville, Arkansas November 7, 1958 Reel 271, Item 19 There Was a Youth There was a youth the other day All in his prime, all up so gay; He trifled all his time away And jumped into eternity. His brother lay a-weeping round With tears all falling to the ground; "Alas, oh, alas," he up and said, "Oh, ain’t it a pity I’m not dead." As he lay on his dying bed, He turned all over and over he said, "There is no redemption, a-lo, a-lee, There is no redemption for thee."Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation