Never before available in high and low voice versions, this new edition of Johnson's classic spiritual arrangements features new music engravings, Johnson's original preface and notes on the pieces, a guide to modified English texts for the spirituals, and a CD of piano accompaniments recorded by Laura Ward.
Contents: Belshazza' Had a Feas' · Dat Suits Me · Done Written Down My Name · Ev'ry Time I Feel de Spirit · Glory Hallelujah to de New-born King · Gospel Train · Great Day! · How Long Train Been Gone? · I Couldn' Hear Nobody Pray · Keep a-inchin' Along · Leanin' on Dat Lamb · Let de Heb'n-light Shine on Me · Mary Had a Baby · My Lord, What a Mornin' · Oh, Freedom · Oh, Graveyard · Over Yonder · Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Las' · Prayer Is de Key · Religion Is a Fortune · Ride on, Jesus! · Scandalize' My Name · Sinner-man so Hard to Believe · Stan' Still, Jordan · Stan'in' in de Need of Prayer · Swing Low, Sweet Chariot! · There Is a Balm in Gilead · This Is de Healin' Water · Were You There? · and When I Lay My Burden Down.
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