This I could listen to all day.
John Davis with Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, “Moses, Don’t Get Lost,” live, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 1959
Oh Moses, Moses, don’t get lost — in that Red Sea
Smite your rod and come across — in that Red Sea
Talkin’ about the host got lost, got lost, got lost
Ol’ Pharoah and the host got lost – in that Red Sea
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langiappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
testify!
Georgia Sea Island Singers (John Davis, Emma Ramsay, Henry Morrison, Mabel Hillary, Bessie Jones), “Moses,” “Yonder Comes Day,” “Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere Lord),” “Adam in the Garden (Picking up Leaves),” and “Down in the Mire (Bright Star Shinning in Glory),” 1963
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
alone
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago
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reading table
to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
two takes
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “Sometimes”
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Moby, “Honey” (Play, 1999)
two minutes of joy
I’m gonna sing while I’m here . . .
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “So Glad I’m Here”
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