| Contents |
v. 2. Anthems, work songs and ballads: Dig my grave both long and narrow (1:37) ; Depend on me (1:57) ; Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there (3:43) ; Service [at St. Stephens Anglican Church] (3:02) ; A wake (3:19) ; Jesus will be your friend (2:29) ; A great day is coming (4:08) ; Long summer days (1:56) ; Young gal, swing your tail (2:26) ; Pytoria (run come see Jerusalem) (4:52) ; Curry camp burned down (3:14) ; Cecil gone in the time of storm (5:21) - v. 3. Instrumental music from the Bahamas islands: I drink all the rum and never get drunk/Bad woman (1:34) ; Take the name of Jesus with you (0:59) ; 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus (1:17) ; Liza Simeon (1:43) ; Under the precious blood (0:25) ; Mama, bake a Johnny cake, Christmas coming (4:50) ; Gal, you want to go back to Scambo (3:45) ; Everything the monkey do (5:24) ; In the sweet bye and bye (2:46) ; If I want Him to receive me (1:39) ; Kindly light (1:25) ; Oh, Jesus, I was promised (1:49) ; Orange blossoms smell so sweet (2:28) ; My Bonnie lies over the ocean (3:09) ; When a man marries his troubles just begin (2:43). |
| General note | Previously issued in 1959 as analog discs, Folkways Records: FS 3845-3846. |
| General note | Program notes inserted in each vol. |
| General note | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: FS 3845-3846. |
| General note | Vol. 3 disc dated 2001. |
| General note | Volume 1 previously issued in 1959 as analog disc, Folkways Records: FS 3844. Reissued, with additional material, on compact disc, as Smithsonian/Folkways SF 40066, with title: The complete Folkways recordings 1958 [by] Joseph Spence. |
| Performer |
Sung and played by native musicians. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded on Andros Island in the Bahamas. |
| Other title | Instrumental music from the Bahamas Islands. |
