Here's song notes for "Welcome Table" from this website: A Companion to the Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook

"Welcome Table" is an African-American spiritual with pre-Civil War roots. A spiritual is characteristically repetitive to be easily learned by a group or singers. The lyrics to "I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table" speak of a better day when the singer will be able to "walk the streets of glory" and be "welcomed" to the dinner table of just souls.

During the Civil Rights demonstrations of the 1960s, many of the older spirituals were revived. Their repetitive structure again served impromptu groups of marchers and singers well. And the subject matter of "I'm On My Way," "Study War No More" and "Welcome Table" spoke directly to the worldly concerns of the freedom marchers.

Recordings on file by: Brownie McGhee, Various artists".

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Btw, a note to a play party song "Waterbound" was included with the indication that a recording of this song was on file by Art Thieme.