Hi all - I just happened across this web site and thought we ought to get it listed in Mudcat. "Slave Songs of the United States - Allen, William Francis, 1830- 1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877.".
The book was mentioned in a thread asking for lyrics for "Down in the Valley to Pray" and quoted as an early source of the song, so I did a search and found the whole work online. It contains scanned music and the whole text re-typed for your benefit.
Happy reading!
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.