The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4038   Message #21402
Posted By: Chet W.
13-Feb-98 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: REQ: source for spirituals
Subject: REQ: source for spirituals
I've been searching for a while for a good source for lyrics to spirituals. I like all kinds, including the shape-note/sacred harp stuff, but there's a few songs I can never seem to find. I'd like to find some of the things like the Red Clay Ramblers did, like "Ezekial in the Valley" and "Ready When the Great Day Comes". I'd love to find a song I heard by a group in Durham, NC a few years ago (the Gospel Jubilators) called "Noah Had a Hammer". To be technical I guess I'm mainly looking for jubilee style spirituals. You get the idea. Sure would appreciate it.

Thanks, Chet W.