General Information[]
Performer: Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Instrumentation: Banjo
Date of recording: 1928
Record label: Brunswick
Serial #: 314 (140)
Summary[]
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "ENOCH, 365, TO HEAVEN ALIVE. PAUL PRAYED; PRISON WALLS DOWN. MOSES SAW BURNING BUSH; LORD SPOKE. BONES WALK, DEAF HEAR, DUMB TALK. EVE, UNDER SYCAMORE TREE SAYS "SATAN TEMPTING ME." LIGHT, FROM HEAVEN (SHINING ALL AROUND) COME DOWN." (10)
Information On This Song[]
The tune of this song is probably of secular origin.
Albums Featuring This Song[]
- The Anthology Of American Folk Music
- Ballads, Banjo Tunes And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina
- Serenade The Mountains
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told (album)
- Goodbye, Babylon (album)
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