I wish there were a way on Mudcat that a poster could edit her or his posted comments for typos and other errors. Here's what I meant to write in my 14 Mar 07 - 08:14 PM post:

"From my informal study of Talley's "Negro Folk Rhymes" and other African American pre-emancipation songs, it appears that there is sometimes no firm line of demarcation between religious and non-religous songs."