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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)

Related Articles[]

  • Dem Bones

External Links[]

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