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Descriptive Information

Title
The book of American Negro spirituals / edited with an introduction by James Weldon Johnson ; musical arrangements by J. Rosamond Johnson, additional numbers by Lawrence Brown.
Call Number
N-003530
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5t34t0500
Publisher
New York : Viking Press, 1925.
Language
English
Date Created
1925
Format
Musical score
Extent
1 score (187 pages) : music ; 26 cm
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Inscribed by the author to Doris Ullman.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
Go down Moses
Heav'n boun' soldier
Joshua fit de battle ob Jerico
We am clim'in' Jacob's ladder
Didn't old Pharoah get los'?
Swing low sweet chariot
Up on de mountain
Little David play on yo' harp
Die in de fiel'
Ride on, Moses
All God's chillun got wings
Dere's no hidin' place down dere
Gimme dat ol'-time religion
Lis'en to de lam's
He's jus' de same today
Stan' still Jordan
Somebody's knocken at yo' do'
Singin' wid a sword in ma han'
I couldn't hear nobody pray
My way's cloudy
It's me, O, Lord
I got a home in-a dat rock
By an' by
Deep river
Who dat a-comin' ovah yondah?
Roll Jordan, roll
De blin' man stood on de road an' cried
Roll de ol' chariot along
Calvary
Steal away to Jesus
Gwine up
I'm troubled in mind
O, gambler git up off o' yo' knees
My Lord's a-writin' all de time
Git on board, little chillen
Gwinter sing all along de way
Who'll be a witness for my Lord?
Keep a-inchin' along
Where shall I be when de firs' trumpet soun'?
Peter, go ring dem bells
Nobody knows de trouble I see
Ev'ry time I feel de Spirit
Father Abraham
I'm a-rollin'
Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel?
O, wasn't dat a wide river?
Keep me f'om sinkin' down
De band o' Gideon
John saw the holy number
Give me Jesus
My Lord, what a mornin'
O, rocks don't fall on me
Done foun' my los' sheep
What yo' gwine to do when yo' lamp burn down?
Hallelujah!
Crucifixion
Until I reach-a ma home
I done done what ya' tol' me to do
You may bury me in de eas'
You got a right
Weary traveler.

Discovery Information

Subject
African Americans—Music
Spirituals (Songs)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
198

Institutional Information

Collection
Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c3c62327-b680-472a-822b-a5f9dcb072ed/manifest