Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 090425 field work Coahoma County Mississippi 19411942 transcripts Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 12 I was your servant coming on anyhow Please have mercy O my father xxxxxxxxxxx Would you be so pleased To look upon us tonight With an eye of pity And…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 p l Forniret Rock Daniel Rev C H Savage congregation Mt Ararat Baptist Church Clarksdale Mississippi 1941 Now first Im Christian friends were gonna sing one of the old specials…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 p 2 Slip in on the Mount Daniel Slip in on the Mount Daniel Theres our own promised land Livin on borried land Daniel Theres our own promised land Daniel…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 3 work S Well they sing this in opening of the Devotion in rasing collections and all like that A Could that be sung at a baptismaling time S No…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 4 pot to keep Old Marse from hearing their voices Thats right Then they sing that you know Im gonna tell my Lord how you did do me here When…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 5 ways knownit Congregation Yessir Old old spiritual A Would you mind singing the other Easter Spiritual He Rose He Rose S Yessir My sisters were gonna sing thisnumber that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 6 Two angels came from Heaven And rode that song away rolled that stone away Tow angels came from Heaven And rode that song away rolled that stone away Two…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 7 I know my name has been written in the Kingdom Hallelu hallelu I know my name has been written in the Kingdom Hallelu hallelu I know my name has…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 A Where did you learn that song that you sang were just singing Oh Do I learned that song way down in Louisiana where I lived A What part of…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 12 A gentle voice powerful with conviction an eloquence transcending any rules of dictionthe sweet eloquence language of the field the woods Conversion Experience by Bro Joiner Sisters and borthers…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 13 We want the mourners you to be here at sundown by sunup Well I didnt have moren but two miles to go and it didnt look like to me…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 14 Sung by Jines congregation Hallelui in couplets sing twice This is my buryin groun Who told you so This is my buryin groun Jesus told me so This O…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 15 I Couldnt Hear Nobody Pray with Rev Savage leading wonderful Rev S comp Makes me sorry 3 Thinks about Jesus Slowly he died on Calvary Cho 3 Calvary 2…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 a white spiritual and the voice strives uncertainly for an essentially unfamiliar group of intervals the cong trails too uncertainly I am noways warmed And Im noways tired O glory hallelujah I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 p 1 Rock Daniel Rev CH Savage congregation Mt Aaroret Baptist Church Clarksdale Mississippi 1941 Now first Im gonna sing one of the old specials one of the oldtime songs…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 p 2 Slip in on the Mount Daniel Slip in on the Mount Daniel Theres our own promised land Daniel Theres our own promised land Daniel Theres our own promised…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 3 work S Well they sing in opening Devotion in raising collections and all like that A Could that be sung at a baptismal time S No No sir A…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 4 pot to keep Old Marse from hearing their voices Theny they sing that you know Im gonna tell my Lord how you did me ere when you begin the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 5 ways knownit Congregation Yessir A Would you mind singing the other Easter Spiritual He Rose He Rose S Yessir My sisters were gonna sing this number that remind of…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 6 Two angels came from Heaven And rode that song away Tow angels came from Heaven and rode that song away And the Lord will carry My spirit home He…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 7 I know my name has been written in the Kingdom Hallelu hallelu I know my name has been written in the Kingdom Hallelu hallelu I know my name has…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 A WhereAdid you learn that song that you sang Oh I learned that song way down in Louisiana where I lived A What part of Louisiana A placed called AintGold…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 10 Let Me Rock Ride S Listen friends weare gonna sing one of these oldtime numbers a number that my mother my grandmother sang around the fireside I listened to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 20 11 Oh when I get up yonder Gonna choose my seat sit down Gonna look up at my Father Tell Him Give me a gown Oh let me ride Ooh God…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 20 12 Conversion Experience by Bro Joiner Sisters and borthers and to the ministers and all that go to make up this congregation I know for myself that I been born…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Want you to be here by sunup Well I didnt have but two miles to go and it didnt look like to me I would ever git there the weight of the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 p 1 Plumb the Line Plumb the line members Plumb the line Oh plumb the line members Plumb the line Oh plumb the line members Plumb the line Anchored in…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 p 2 Never Said a Mumbalin Word Well they talk of my blessed Lord Blessed Lord Oh blessed Lord Oh they talk of my blessed Lord Oh I never said…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 213 I know the Lord He Heard My Cry Mmmmmmmm Have mercy Lord Have mercy on me Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmmmmm All right Have mercy Lord have mercy Lord have mercy My…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 214 COLLECTIONMRS LOMAX Mrs Lomax from Washington DC donated the sum of 2 I think we ought to give that a hand applause From Washington DC 2 Thats fine Lets make…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 5 Rock me Shake Me Manuel Casey You better mind oh sister How you walk on the cross Put in your slipper Or your soul be lost Rock me Lawdy…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 3 Just as soon as Ivina began to pray and the old ladies to humtension mounted and I know the Lord He heard my Cry Mmmmmmmmmm Have mercy Lord Have…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 David 1 Play right on yoâ harp 4 C O David 2 Play Like You Did Before 2 Play Like you did for Soul 2 3 Play everywhere you go 2 4…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 2 Run for your life O David 4 Brother Joiner group Amen Cho Amen thank God I done left that Egypt land 2 O let me tell you one thing…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 â 3 Old Lady Joiner Group Cho 6 O Lord Will you come by here A song that mounts like a rising wind 6 Right now â of sadness In…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Chas Dralse group 21 4 chorus O free at last free at last Thank god amighty Im free at last 1 I went down in the valley to pray Thank god amighty…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 5 Drake I dont know sir There was some pertaining to that but I dont know one Ive heard um sing many a ones but its so long in bg…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 21 p 6 Plumb the Line â Bro Joiner small group of older members â male female who gathered 1Plumb the line members in the church in the Plumb the line…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 I think that song compared like that you know L Whats it mean the angels came down J Well you see just the way they had imagine in old time back you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1941-1942
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
Notes
- - 1941, likely AFS 4762-4768; Fisk University transcripts of church congregational services; used as source material for book project, The Land Where the Blues Began
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 09.04.25
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image