Lyr Req: Bahamian Gospel

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bahamian Gospel
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 06:15 PM

Hm, I have a Bahamian rhyming gospel sea songs CD here somewhere...

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bahamian Gospel
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 05:09 PM

I'll bet the song you want is On The Rolling Sea as sung by Joseph Spence and the Pindar Family. It has already been posted - click on the link.

There are more lyrics a little farther down the thread.

Also, there is a description of a tribute album here which may interest you.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bahamian Gospel
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 15 Feb 01 - 08:36 AM

Have you looked at the Mudcat Record shop? There are a couple of Bahamian albums there. Sandy & Dick carry a selection of W.Indies material, I got a St Lucia one from one of them last year.
Joe -the songbook king- Offer will probably come up with useful printed sources.
W.Indies church music even stirs this lost soul!
RtS (exits humming "The Sloop John B").

Subject: Bahamian Gospel
From: GUEST,Hoot & Fidget
Date: 15 Feb 01 - 07:32 AM

Ysaye Barnwell (of Sweet Honey in the Rock) sang a song last night at the Community Sing at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC (Spirituals and Gospel: I recomend it!) It had lyrics like "over the ocean" or "rolling over the sea" or some such and she identified it, afterwards, as Bahamian. She claimed it had never been recorded and she didn't know the composer.
Something about the way she said it led me to believe that she knows more than she's saying. I was wondering if anyone might know about the song or a good place to look up Black Spiritual and/or Gospel music?