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Thread #100191   Message #2005961
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Mar-07 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: african-american spiritual-Turn Me Around
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: african-american spiritual-Turn Me Aroun
Neither of the versions posted by bradfordian is a spiritual, although they are parodied from the spiritual Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around," aka "Doncher Let Nobody Turn You Roun'," etc.; published collections of C. C. White and Hall Johnson, resp.

The first parody was a favorite in the protest movements, the purpose of the second is unclear.

Richie (29 Nov. 02) posted one of the spiritual versions, "Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round" in thread 54156:
Nobody Turn You Around
(Listed in Spirituals Permathread)

The spiritual was sung by Theckle Jones for the Alabama Folk Life Collection.

Ref.: White, Clarence Cameron, 1927, "Forty Negro Spirituals, Compiled and Arranged for Solo Voice," Theodore Presser, Philadelphia.