I thought I had a real 'find" when I came across a 1957 copy of the African Methodist Episcopal Hymnal. Not so. It's just like most of the other standard Protestant hymnals.

Lift Every Voice and Sing II is much more what I was looking for. It was published in 1993 by the Church Pension Fund (Episcopalians).

For more historic stuff, try American Negro Spirituals, by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson. The book was published in two volumes in 1925 and 1926, and is now available as a single paperback volume from Da Capo Press.

Sharon, what's the song you're looking for? There's a good chance we can find the information for you.

-Joe Offer-