St. Simons Island III 4/60

Shouts, ring play songs, 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. According to a note on tape 932's box, written in an unidentified hand, the group consists of at least the following members: Bessie Jones, John Davis, Peter Davis, Willis Proctor, and Henry Morrison. Two unidentified men are referred to as well but it is not clear if they perform on any other track besides "See Aunt Dinah." (They might be Joe Armstrong, Ben Ramsey, and/or Jerome Davis, who appear on the earlier tapes.)

Lawyer's Suit

See Aunt Dinah (I)

Interview with Bessie Jones about the See Aunt Dinah dance

See Aunt Dinah (II)

Ain't I Right? (I)

Interview with Henry Morrison and John Davis about Ain't I Right?

Ain't I Right? (II)

Interview with Bessie Jones, John Davis, and Henry Morrison about Raggy Levy and Ain't I Right?

Raggy Levy (I)

Interview with Bessie Jones, Peter Davis, and John Davis about Raggy Levee

Raggy Levy (II)

Talk/ambience

Moses

Row The Boat, Child

Talk/ambience

Sheep, Sheep, Don't You Know The Road (I)

Interview with Bessie Jones about Sheep, Sheep Don't You Know The Road

Sheep, Sheep, Don't You Know The Road (false start)

Sheep, Sheep, Don't You Know The Road (II)

Talk/ambience

Union

Old Tar River (I)

Talk/ambience

Old Tar River (fragment) / Interview with John Davis about Old Tar River

Old Tar River (II)

Walk Billy Abbot

Interview with Willis Proctor about Walk Billy Abbott

Hard Times In Old Virginia

Interview with Bessie Jones on Sink 'Em Low

Sink 'Em Low

Yonder Come Day

Interview with Bessie Jones and John Davis about Yonder Come Day

Turkle Dove (Done Drooped His Wings)

Interview with Bessie Jones about Turkle Dove

I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For My Lord

Interview with Bessie Jones about I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For The Lord

Juba

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