St. Simons Island I 10/59

Shouts, ring play songs, lullabies, spirituals, and work songs performed by the Georgia Sea Island Singers (known as the Spiritual Singers of Coastal Georgia at the time), recorded at St. Simons Island, off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia. Lomax note in the tape log: "The group: Bessie Jones, John Davis, Willis Proctor, Joe Armstrong, Henry Morrison, Peter Davis, Jerome Davis, Ben Ramsey. Group 2 members: George Cohen, Ruth Ozell, Leola Harris, Jerry Harris, Viola McQueen, Emma Lee [Ramsey]." It is not clear exactly which group is singing behind Bessie Jones and the other leaders on tape 926. It is assumed that it is the second, as female voices are prominent throughout the chorus. However, there may have been combinations made of singers from the first and the second groups. Lomax didn't list specific singers besides the song leaders, so there is no way to know for sure.

O Death

O Mary Don't You Weep

You Better Mind How You Talk

Rock In The Weary Land

Go to Sleepy Little Baby (I)

Go to Sleepy Little Baby (II)

The East Coast Line

Sometime

Pay Me My Money Down

You Got My Letter

Riley (I)

Riley (II)

Join The Band

Raggy Levy (I)

Interview with Bessie Jones about Raggy Levee

Raggy Levee (II)

Carrie Belle (I)

Carrie Belle (II)

Hop Along, Let's Get Her (I)

Hop Along, Let's Get Her (II)

Adam In The Garden (I)

Talk/ambience

Moses, Don't Get Lost (I)

Adam In The Garden (II)

Talk/ambience

Moses, Don't Get Lost (II)

Read 'Em, John

Blow Gabriel (Judgment Bar) (I)

Daniel

Adam In The Garden (III)

Knee Bone

Talk/ambience

Goodbye, Everybody

Blow Gabriel (Judgement Bar) (II)

Blow Gabriel (Judgement Bar) (III)

Eli, You Can't Stand

Talk/ambience

One Of These Days

Talk/ambience

Daniel In The Lion's Den (I)

Lazarus

Interview with Henry Morrison about Lazarus

I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean

Little Johnny Brown, Spread Your Blanket Down (fragment)

Hambone

Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere, Lord) (I)

Prayer

Sign Of The Judgment

Everyone Talking About Heaven

He Never Said A Mumblin' Word

On Calvary

Down By The Riverside

Little David (part 1)

Little David (part 2)

Live Humble

Talk/ambience

Wade In The Water

Run To The Rock

My Lord's Getting Us Ready For That Great Day (part 1)

My Lord's Getting Us Ready For That Great Day (part 2)

Daniel In The Lion's Den (false start) (I)

Daniel In The Lion's Den (false start) (II)

Daniel In The Lion's Den (II)

Johnny Cuckoo

Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere, Lord) (II)

Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere, Lord) (III)

Talk/ambience

John Davis on porch

John Davis on porch

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