The Church's Desolation (#89)

Audio file

Date recorded: September 12, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Allen, Mrs.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song, shape note
Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: 56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church
Location: Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T878
Track Number: 12
Archive ID: T878R12
Note: Alan Lomax: "slow march." The tape picks up an unidentified man (probably the announcer) speaking to an unidentified woman before the song: "[…] the record man up yonder wants any of these songs you'd like to sing if you'd like to sing any of them."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Fyffe 9/59
About the session: Recordings from the 56th Annual Convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, held at Corinth Baptist Church, in Fyffe, Alabama. Leman Brown, chairman. The numbers following the songs refer to their page numbers in the Sacred Harp. Often the name listed as "lead" is not the leader of the song, but the person who has picked the selection.
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