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  4. Ruth "Tootsie" Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers: I'm Going to Trust In the Lord (1983)

Date recorded: August , 1983
Contributor(s): Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Smith, Bertha; Performer: Pinckney, Mary; Performer: Jenkins, Esau; Performer: Hunter, Janie; Performer: Bligen, Benjy; Performer: Bligen, Ruth (Tootsie); Performer: Moving Star Hall Singers
Description: Ruth "Tootsie" Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers (including Benjamin Bligen, Janie Hunter, Esau Jenkins, Mary Pinckney, Bertha Smith, and others unidentified) sing "I'm Going to Trust In the Lord." Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, South Carolina, August 1983.
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song
Instruments: voice
Setting: Moving Star Hall
Location: Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Archive ID: zCTs6OT7EVU
Transcript:
Belongs to: 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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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)
Benjamin Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers: Let That Liar Alone (1983)
Johns Island Wesley United Methodist Church: At the Cross (1983)
Janie Hunter and family: Water My Flowers (1983)
Esau Jenkins and the Moving Star Hall Singers: You Must Have That Pure Religion (1983)

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