An edition of Rolling along in song (1937)

Rolling along in song

a chronological survey of American Negro music

Rolling along in song
J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rosamo ...
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An edition of Rolling along in song (1937)

Rolling along in song

a chronological survey of American Negro music

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Publisher
Viking press
Language
English
Pages
224

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Table of Contents

Sit down, sister, sit down
Oh, I want two wings
See can't you jump for joy
I been in de storm, so long
Dese bones am gwineter rise again
I mourned in de valley
Hush, somebody callin' my name
Get right, stay right
De angels lookin' at me
King Jesus is a-lis'enin'
I'm lookin' for my Jesus (Can't stay away)
Oh, rock-a my soul
O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Run, to my Lord
De church bell tollin', ding, dong
Many thousan' gone
When I'm dead, don't you grieve after me
I'm trampin' (Tryin' to make heab'n my home)
Go down in de lonesome Valley
Somebody got lost in de storm
Han' me down yo' silver trumpet, Gabriel
Now let me fly
Peter on de sea, sea, sea, sea
Call dat religion? No, no, no
No, no, no!
Oh, you bettah mind!
Run to de city of Refuge
Who built de ark?
A hund'ed lit'l angels in the ban'
Go, tell it on de mountain
I jes' come from de fountain
I'll be ready when de great day come
Hallelujah to de Lam'
The old cabin home
Rosa Lee
Darling Nelly Gray
Listen to the mockin' bird
Carry me back to Old Virginny
My old Kentucky home
Old folks at home (Way down upon the Swanee River)
In the evenin' by the moonlight
Take yo' time, Miss Lucy
Monkey married the baboon's sister
Ring, ring de banjo
Turkey in the straw
Shoo, fly, don't bother me
Chicken reel
I been workin' on de levee
Carve dat 'possum
Jump Jim Crow
Oh, dem golden slippers!
A-way down south in Dixie
Oh, Susanna!
Short'nin' bread
De camptown races
Po' boy
Yonder comes the high sheriff
Bird in a cage
Been in de pen so long
Seven long years in state prison
The midnight special
He's a-choppin' in de new groun'
John Henry
Casey Jones
Drivin' steel (Hammer Man Song)
Don't let yo' watch run down
Florida Cakewalk (instrumental)
Watermelons
Sweet Oranges
Chimney Sweeper
Blueberries
The broom man
My baby's in Memphis, layin' aroun'; Stagolee; Stagolee done kill de bully; Honey, take one on me; Satisfied
Them lonesome moanin' blues
De chain gang (an original musical episode based on traditional Negro idioms): Gwine down dat lonesome road; Water me from de lime rock; Workin' on de chain gang; One mo' mile to go; Rainbow roun' my shoulder; You gotta bus' dis rock; Back to de jail; Dis am de hammer
Exerpts from George Gershwin's American opera, Porgy and Bess
Negro Love Song (Li'l Gal)

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Pagination
224 p.
Number of pages
224

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OL16415343M
LCCN
37027426

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