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Old Plantation Hymns
A collection of hitherto unpublished melodies of the slave and the freedman, with historical and descriptive notes.
By William Eleazar Barton
(Boston: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1899)

Anybody Here? - 21
Been Down into the Sea - 44
Before I'd Be a Slave - 25
Big Camp Meeting in the Promised Land - 29
Cold, Icy Hand - 8
Come Along - 13
Comfort in Heaven - 12
Crownd Him Lord of All - 29
Dem Charming Bells - 15
Dese Dry Bones of Mine - 11
Done Been Sanctified - 31
Don't You Want to Go - 31
Down by the River - 13
Down in the Valley to Pray - 4
Git on the Evening Train - 33
Goin' Over on de Uddah Side of Jordan - 5
Gone Along - 8
Gwine ter Jine de Band - 28
Hard to Rise Again - 11
Heaven Bells Ringin' in My Soul - 10
Heaven Bells Ringin', And I'm A-Goin' Home - 20
How Long, Watchman? - 36
Howdy, Howdy! - 4
I Don't Want You Go On and Leave Me - 23
I Want to Die A-Shouting - 12
I Want to Go Where Jesus Is - 13
I'll Be There - 19
I'm Goin' to Sing - 27
I'm Goin' to Walk with Jesus By Myself - 30
In That Great Day - 43
Jes' Gwine Ober in de Heabenlye Lan' - 42
Little David, Play on Your Harp - 26
Mighty Day - 20
Mighty Rocky Road - 6
Motherless Child - 18
New Born Again - 7
New Burying Ground - 35
Peter on the Sea - 40
Po' Me - 24
Pray On - 14
Rule Death in His Arms - 22
Sabbath Has No End - 37
Sinner, You Better Get Ready - 26
Soldier for Jesus - 27
Soldier of the Cross - 9
Soon in de Morning - 6
Stand on a Sea of Glass - 28
Stay in the Field - 27
Sweet Heaven - 10
Tell Bruddah Lijah - 5
The Christians' Hymn of the Crucifixion - 39
The Coffin to Bind Me Down - 22
The Old Ship of Zion - 23
The Winter Soon Be Over - 14
These Bones Gwineter Rise Again - 32
This World Is Not My Home - 9
Troubled in Mind - 24
Wake Up, Children - 13
Walk Jerusalem Jes' like John - 35
Walk through the Valley in Peace - 7
Wear a Starry Crown - 16
We're Some of the Praying People - 16
Were You There? - 40
When That General Roll Is Called - 29
When the Chariot Comes - 44
Who Dat Yandah? - 45
You Can't Cross Here - 32


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