The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53920 Message #2538550
Posted By: Janie
12-Jan-09 - 10:21 PM
Thread Name: Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop
Subject: RE: Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop
Seek, and ye shall find.
Apparently it was written by Roberta Martin, but she drew from http://ingeb.org/spiritua/odidntit.html.
The notes that follow Roberta Martin's http://books.google.com/books?id=K7Ormt3dzVYC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Oh,+Didn't+it+Rain&source=web&ots=DsxnZ_UwHn&sig=QJkr3AhdwDT_AarjH8XugA2bY-E&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA111,M1 (from the book, "Every Time I Feel The Spirit", by G.S. Warren are somewhat more specifically germaine to this thread, as she refers to the process of spirituals being changed and adapted to become gospel hymns.