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General Information[]

Performer: Memphis Sanctified Singers
Instrumentation: Guitar-Will Shade
Date of recording: 1929
Record label: Victor
Serial #:38559B

Summary[]

(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD. JESUS CHRIST SAVIOR; GOT HOLY GHOST AND FIRE. CORNELIUS HUMBLE, NOT SUFFICIENT, GOD SENT ANGEL. SAINT MARY, VIRGIN, BIRTHED SON OF GOD. GOD MADE HER NEW; NOW WAITING IN GLORY." (10).

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This Religious Song is a good example of the style of Spirituals found in Memphis, TN.

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