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Religious folk songs of the Negro as sung on the plantations.

Author/creator Hampton Institute
Other author/creatorFenner, Thomas P.
Format Musical Score and Print
Edition[New ed.].
Publication InfoHampton, Va. : The Institute Press, 1918
Copyright Notice ©1909
Descriptionvi, 178 pages : all music ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Oh, den my little soul?s gwine to shine -- Peter, go ring dem bells -- My Lord, what a morning -- Hail! Hail! Hail! -- Love an? serve de Lord -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- My bretheren, don?t get weary -- Nobody knows de trouble I?ve seen -- View de land -- The Danville chariot -- Ef ye want to see Jesus -- Oh, yes -- Run, Mary, run -- Religion is a fortune -- Some o? dese mornin?s -- My Lord delibered Daniel -- Oh, wasn?t dat a wide riber -- Oh, give way, Jordan -- John saw -- King Emanuel -- De ole sheep done know de road -- De church of God -- Bright sparkles in de churchyard -- Judgment day is a-rollin? around -- Oh, sinner you?d better get ready -- Hear de lambs a cryin? -- Rise and shine -- Hard trials -- Most done trabelling -- Gwine up -- I hope my mother will be there -- Oh, de hebben is shinin? -- Who?ll jine de union -- A great camp-meetin? in de Promised Land -- Good news, de chariot?s comin? -- Don?t ye view dat ship a come a sailin? -- I don?t feel no-ways tired -- Did you hear my Jesus -- Zion, weep a-low -- Sweet Canaan -- In dat great gittin-up mornin? -- Walk you in de light -- Sweet turtle dove or Jerusalem mornin? -- Gideon?s band or De milk-white horses -- De winter?ll soon be ober -- Keep me from sinkin? down -- Hear de angels singin? -- I?ve been a list?ning all de night long -- Babylon?s fallin? -- De ole ark a-moverin? along -- Dust an? ashes -- Stars in the elements -- Ole ship of Zion -- Massa gwine to sell us to-morrow -- Glory and honor -- Peter on the sea -- There were ten virgins -- General roll call -- Going to heaven -- Fighting on -- I?m a-rolling -- I?m a-trav?ling to the grave -- Many thousand gone -- He?s the Lord of lords -- My way?s cloudy -- My Lord?s riding all the time -- He is king of kings -- Little wheel a-turnin? in my heart -- Seek and ye shall find -- Walking in de light -- Stay in de field -- I?ll be there in the morning -- See fo? an? twenty elders -- Roll de chariot along -- Wonder where is good ole Daniel? -- In the kingdom -- A wheel is a wheel -- Oh, Jerusalem! -- Oh yes, yonder comes my Lord -- Go Mary, an? toll de bell -- Oh, freedom! -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child -- He raise a poor Lazarus -- Don?t leave me, Lord -- Jacob?s ladder -- The downward road is crowded -- Ride on -- Let us praise him -- Put John on de islan? -- We are building on a rock -- Good Lord, shall I ever be de one? -- In bright mansions above -- Swing low, chariot -- Pilgrim?s song -- Don?t be weary, traveller -- I am goin? to join in this army -- Tell Jesus -- Sun don?t set in de mornin? -- Raslin? Jacob -- Let de heaven light shine on me -- Git on board little children -- Gwine to live humble to de Lord -- What yo? gwine to do when de lamp burn down? -- I?ve got a mother in de heaven -- Come down, sinner -- Little David, play on your harp -- Oh, when I git t? heaven -- Did you hear how dey crucified my Lord? -- I?ve been toilin? at de hill -- Grace before meat at Hampton -- When I come t? die -- The enlisted soldiers -- Prayer is de key of heaven -- My soul wants something that?s new -- I know I would like to read -- Don?t call de roll -- Jesus ain?t comin? here t? die no mo? -- Steal away to Jesus -- Go down, Moses -- Keep a-inchin? along -- Somebody?s knocking at you door -- Lord, I want to be a Christian -- Daniel saw the stone -- Listen to de lambs -- Swing low -- I couldn?t hear nobody pray -- Were you there? -- I want to be ready -- Ezekiel saw de wheel -- Roll, Jordan, roll -- I know the Lord?s laid his hands on me -- Down by the river -- Going to shout all over God?s heav?n -- Ev?ry time I feel the Spirit -- Want to go to heaven when I die -- Lord, until I reach my home -- Where shall I be when de firs? trumpet soun?? -- Rise up, shepherd, an? foller -- Go tell it on the mountain -- Reign, massa Jesus.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy includes autograph of [Rodney?] Taylor on front flyleaf.
General note"Arranged by the musical directors of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute from the original edition by Thomas P. Fenner."
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy purchased from Riverow Bookshop, 5/4/22 1.40

Available Items

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Joyner Rare Collection M1670.H35 R4 1918 ✔ Available Request Material
Music Music Stacks M1670.H35 R4 ✔ Available Place Hold