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  4. Benjamin Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers: Let That Liar Alone (1983)
Title: Benjamin Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers: Let That Liar Alone (1983)
Date recorded: August , 1983
Contributor(s): Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Pinckney, Mary; Performer: Smith, Bertha; Performer: Jenkins, Esau; Performer: Hunter, Janie; Performer: Bligen, Ruth (Tootsie); Performer: Bligen, Benjy; Performer: Moving Star Hall Singers
Description: Benjy Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers (including Ruth Bligen, Janie Hunter, Esau Jenkins, Bertha Smith, Mary Pinckney, and others unidentified) sing "(You Better) Let That Liar Alone." Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, South Carolina, August 1983.
Genre: sacred song
Instruments: voice
Subject(s):
Location: Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Archive ID: NXY3PqVbNLU
Part of: Johns Island, South Carolina (1983)
About the session: Spirituals, folktales, and children’s game songs from the South Carolina sea island, Johns Island. Featuring Janie Hunter, Benjy Bligen, Ruth "Tootsie" Bligen, and other members of the congregation of Wesley Methodist Church and the Moving Star Hall Singers.
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More from the session

Johns Island Wesley United Methodist Church: Getting Late In the Evening (1983)
Bertha Smith and the Moving Star Hall Singers: Eli, Eli (Somebody Call Eli) (1983)
Johns Island Wesley United Methodist Church: There Is A Crown Waiting for Me (1983)
Janie Hunter and the Moving Star Hall Singers: Jonah (1983)
Johns Island Wesley United Methodist Church: At the Cross (1983)
Janie Hunter and family: Water My Flowers (1983)
Ruth "Tootsie" Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers: I'm Going to Trust In the Lord (1983)
Esau Jenkins and the Moving Star Hall Singers: You Must Have That Pure Religion (1983)

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