The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music

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Ose Yie (Ashanti War Chant) Asafoiatse Nettey

02:17

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2.

Sakadougou (Malinke Ballad) Kandia

05:00

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3.

Ake (Yoruba Work Chant) [unknown]

01:48

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4.

Kufidi M’Pala Bituta Toko Mzobe

02:02

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5.

Ayilongo (Ghenya Boatmen) Emanuel N’Suba

01:21

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6.

Oba Oba (Homage to a King) [unknown]

01:30

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7.

Oaikoi (Harvest Ceremony) [unknown]

01:21

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8.

Agiee Tatatale (Ga Play Song) African Children's Choir , Betty Clotty

01:04

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9.

Aja Aja O (Yoruba Fable) African Children's Choir , Betty Clotty

02:09

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10.

Fakke-Well Shisha Maley (Transitional Hymn) [unknown]

01:52

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11.

Amazing Grace - And the Sermon Bessie Jones , Sorrell Booke

05:36

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12.

How Do You Do, Ev’rybody? (Greeting Shout) Nannie McNeil , Erzalene Jenkins

03:22

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13.

O, Lord, I’m Waitin’ on You (Spiritual) Valentine Pringle

02:31

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14.

Prayer (Spiritual) Bessie Jones

04:41

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15.

Kneebone Bend (Prayer Shout) Bessie Jones

04:09

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16.

Hark ’E Angel (Watcher’s Shout) Harry Belafonte

05:10

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17.

Yonder Comes Day (New Year Shout) Bessie Jones

03:17

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18.

Goodbye Ev’rybody (Farewell Shout) Valentine Pringle

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Tombeau, Tombeau [unknown]

02:37

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2.

Je M’En Vais Finir Mes Jours [unknown]

03:54

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3.

Dans un Brigatoire [unknown]

03:27

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4.

Pour la Belle Layotte William Eaton

01:21

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5.

Fomme la Dit, Mo Malheuré [unknown]

03:28

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6.

Miche Banjo - Bamboula Robert Henson

02:09

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7.

Good Mornin’, Good Morning’ (“John Canoe” Processional) J. Hamilton Grandison

02:53

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8.

All Roun’ de Glory Manger Erzalene Jenkins , Joe Crofford

01:50

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9.

Mary, What You Call Yo’ Baby? Carrie Suter

03:05

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10.

Wonderful Councillor Harry Belafonte

02:07

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11.

Follow the Drinking Gourd Leon Bibb

02:46

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12.

Steal Away to Jesus [unknown]

03:30

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13.

There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight Joe Crofford

01:53

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14.

Many Thousan’ Gone [unknown]

03:05

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15.

The Colored Volunteer Harry Belafonte

03:31

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16.

We Look Like Men of War Earl Baker , Milt Grayson

05:35

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17.

Song of the First Arkansas Volunteers (Glory Hallelujah) Harry Belafonte

04:52

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18.

Free at Las’ Joe Crofford

01:51

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Ol’ Lady from Brewster (Children’s Song) [unknown]

01:53

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2.

Hallie, Come on! (Woman’s Field Holler) Miriam Burton

01:14

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3.

Run Squirrel, Whoa Mule (Game Song) Thelma Drayton

01:31

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4.

Fox Chase (Mouth Organ) Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee

03:22

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5.

Chickens Done Crowned (Sunrise Holler) Valentine Pringle

01:39

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’Way Go Lily (Children’s Song) African Children's Choir

01:32

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7.

Shine on (Graveyard Holler) Ned Wright

01:43

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Grey Goose (Ballad) Bessie Jones

02:47

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Pick a Bale of Cotton (Hoe Down) Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee

05:09

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10.

Li’l Gal, Li’l Gal (Game Song) Bessie Jones

01:24

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11.

Go to Sleepy (Lullaby) Harry Belafonte

01:43

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12.

I Got ’Em (Street Cry) Valentine Pringle

01:54

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Hambone, Hambone (Children’s Pattin’) Tyrone Cooper

02:42

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Watermelon Man (Blues) Ned Wright

01:21

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Fare Thee Well, Oh Honey (Blues) Gloria Lynne

05:49

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16.

Blackberry Woman (Street Cry) Lillian Hayman

01:07

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Easy Rider Blues (Blues) Joe Williams

05:27

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18.

Oh, Johnny Brown (Ring Game) Sharon G. Williams

01:51

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19.

I Got ’Em (Street Cry) Valentine Pringle

01:14

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20.

Black Woman (Blues) Brownie McGhee

04:07

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21.

Watermelon Man (Street Cry) Ned Wright

00:44

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Let the Deal Go Down Brownie McGhee , Godfrey Cambridge , Joe Crofford

04:17

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2.

Betty and Dupree Joe Williams

06:45

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3.

Eas’ Man Leon Bibb

02:53

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4.

John Henry Valentine Pringle

03:28

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5.

Boll Weevil Harry Belafonte , Al Shackman

06:07

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6.

Stagolee Cortez Franklin , Lennie Pogan

05:42

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7.

Joe Turner Blues Gloria Lynne , Herman Foster

04:13

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Honey, Take a Whiff on Me Ben Carter , Lennie Pogan

03:40

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9.

Go ’Long Muley [unknown]

03:35

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10.

My Baby in a Guinea Blue Gown [unknown]

04:40

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11.

Dat Liar Milton Grayson

06:52

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Finale [unknown]

00:45

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Ho Boys, Cancha Line ’Em? Valentine Pringle

02:58

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2.

Good Ir’n Harry Belafonte

06:03

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3.

Go on, Ol’ Gator [unknown]

03:02

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4.

Doncha Hear Yo’ Po’ Mother Callin’? [unknown]

03:44

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5.

River Sounding Chant Charles Colman , William Eaton

03:17

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6.

Nobody’s Business, Lord, But Mine Harry Belafonte

04:26

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7.

My God Is a Rock Harry Belafonte

03:04

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We Are Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder [unknown]

02:46

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9.

I Am So Glad Harry Belafonte

02:28

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10.

I’ll Never Turn Back No Mo’ (and Excerpt from Dr. King Speech) Martin Luther King, Jr. , Irving D. Barnes

06:11

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Lord, I Don’t Feel Noways Tired Howard Roberts

02:35

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