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Been in the storm so long : a collection of spirituals, folk tales and children's games from Johns Island, South Carolina.
- Title
- Been in the storm so long : a collection of spirituals, folk tales and children's games from Johns Island, South Carolina.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways ; Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, ℗1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Audio | Use in library | M1630.18 .B445 1990g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Subject
- African Americans > Johns Island > Music
- African Americans > Johns Island > Folklore
- African American children's games > Johns Island
- Folk music > South Carolina
- Folk songs, Creole > South Carolina
- Spirituals (Songs)
- Sea Islands Creole dialect > Johns Island > Texts
- African American children's games
- African Americans
- Folk music
- Folk songs, Creole
- Sea Islands Creole dialect
- South Carolina
- South Carolina > Johns Island
- Genre/Form
- Singing games.
- Folk tales.
- Spirituals (Songs)
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Folklore.
- Music.
- Texts.
- Note
- Sung in English and the Gullah dialect (Sea Islands Creole); the folk tales in English.
- Compact disc.
- Analog recordings.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes program notes, with bibliography and discography ([4] page ill.).
- Event (note)
- Field recordings made in the early 1960 by Guy and Candie Carawan and issued on Folkways FS 3841 and FS 3842.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English and the Gullah dialect; the folk tales in English.
- Contents
- Remember me (2:06) -- See God's ark a-moving (3:00) -- Ask the watchman how long (2:14) -- Meet me in Galilee (2:05) -- Talking 'bout a good time (1:11) -- That's all right (2:34) -- Jesus knows all about my trouble (2:42) -- Esau Jenkins talking (1:27) -- Lay down body (3:35) -- Welcome table & prayer (6:00) -- Ezekiel in the valley (1:57) -- Been in the storm so long (3:03) -- Jack and Mary and the three dogs (5:53) -- You got to move (1:32) -- Moon light in glory (2:27) -- Mary rolled the stone away (1:45) -- Ezekiel in the valley (2:12) -- Down on me (3:02) -- Reborn again (2:49) -- Row Michael row (1:43) -- Johnny Cuckoo (1:10) -- Old lady from Booster (1:01) -- Shoo turkey (1:20) -- Mr. Postman die (1:02) -- Water my flowers (1:17) -- Rabbit and partridge (2:09) -- Improvised blues (1:18) -- Jack & Mary and the Devil (6:36).
- LCCN
- 91756001
- 093074003121
- 930740031 2
- OCLC
- ocm24547243
- 24547243
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries