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Negro folk music of Alabama. Spirituals.

Title
Negro folk music of Alabama. Vol. V : Spirituals.
Publication
N[ew] Y[ork] C[ity] : Folkways Records, [1950], ℗1950.

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AudioUse in library L4125 FE4473Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.
  • Reed, Dock
  • Ward, Vera Hall
Description
1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono; 12 in. +
Series Statement
Ethnic Folkways library
Uniform Title
Ethnic Folkways library.
Alternative Title
Spirituals
Subjects
Note
  • Program notes by Harold Courlander, with historical, ethnological and bibliographical information, including the texts of songs, on pamphlet inserted in container.
Performer (note)
  • Sung by Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in Alabama by Harold Courlander, assisted by Ruby Pickens Tartt and Emma Courlander, in the course of the 1950 field trip sponsored by the Wenner-Green Foundation.
Contents
I\u0027m going home on the morning train -- God ain\u0027t no lying man ; Where the sun will never go down -- Troubled Lord I\u0027m troubled -- Look how they done my Lord -- Job Job -- What month was Jesus born in -- Somebody\u0027s talking about Jesus -- Death is awful -- The hills of Mt. Zion -- Low down the chariot and let me ride -- The blood done signed my name -- Everybody talkin\u0027 about heaven -- Noah, Noah -- Plumb the line -- Travelling shoes.
OCLC
  • ocm37510694
  • SCSB-3554881
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries