The purpose of this thread is to provide a place to post lyrics, and video links to specific African American and/or Afro-Caribbean spirituals for which there are no previous Mudcat threads. Discussion about these songs and posting variant forms of these examples are also welcome in this thread.

In addition, this thread may include examples of selected African American spirituals that might already have a dedicated thread. However, variants of that spiritual may be posted here because that previous thread may have gone off topic or become too contentious.

All lyrics posted to this thread will also be posted to the African American Spiritual Permathread

I will start off this thread with a number of songs that I found in
Ashley Bryant "I'm Going To Sing-Black American Spirituals Volume II." {New York, Atheneum, 1982}

Prior to starting this thread, I reviewed the list of songs posted in the African American Spirituals Permathread to see if these songs were already posted to threads. In addition, to the best of my ability, I used the Mudcat search engine to look for threads about these songs. That process resulted in me finding some threads about several songs that are included in the "I'm Going To Sing" book. I have already posted variant forms of some of those spirituals to their respective Mudcat threads.

It may be a matter of interest that Ashley Brown, the editor & [wood cut drawings]illustrator of this book indicates that he grew up in the Bronx {New York City} and that his father "came to New York from Antigua in the West Indies soon after World War I." I'm not sure if that information is relevant to Brown's choice of spirituals,and the versions of spirituals that he included in his book.

Thanks in advance for your participation in this thread.