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22 Jul 10 - 02:53 PM (#2950025) Subject: Lyr Add: Draw Lebel (SC Low-Country spiritual) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add. Draw Lebel Edisto Island, SC Chorus- Draw Lebel*, de ainjul am a-comin' down, Comin' down, comin' down, Draw lebel, de ainjul* am a-comin' down, Down tuh duh groun'. 1 Draw membuhs, draw, Draw roun' duh haltuh*, Fraw, membuhs, draw, Draw tell de break ob day. 2 Draw, deacon, draw, etc. 3 Draw, preacher, draw, etc. 4 Draw, sistuh, draw, Draw roun' duh haltuh, Draw sistuh, draw, Draw tell de break ob day. Etc., etc., etc. draw lebel- draw level. Supposed to have been originated to accompany the motion of levelling the rice-measures. ainjul- angel haltuh- altar Interesting in that the comparison is to a motion in their work. Beaufort area dialect, pre-WW2. Augustine T. Smythe et al., 1931, The Carolina Low-Country, the Macmillan Company. "Spirituals, Words and Music," Music edited by K. C. Hutson et al., pp. 229-327. Spirituals not listed in Cleveland Index. |