Roxie Threadgill – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
	Witness For My Lord	6668A2	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation	Ms. Threadgill gives her age as 64 and says she learned the song in Knoxville, Miss., 35 years earlier. Discussion follows its place in the worship service. “Just a hally song” used during collection.
	I'm Gonna Lean On the Lord	6668A3	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation
	They've Taken My Lord Away	6668B1	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation	Followed by discussion of song, which she learned from her mother as a child in Natchez.
	Rock Daniel	6668B2	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified girls, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation	Followed by discussion of song, in which the singers explain “rocking” to Lomax.
	Shout for Joy	6668B3	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation
	You Got to Stand Your Test In Judgment	6668B4	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation
	Let Me Ride	6668B5	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation	Identified as “Low Down Your Chariot And Let Me Ride” on AFS card. Followed by discussion of favorite songs.
	Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee	6668B6	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified group	8-11-1942		lining hymn, sacred song	vocal	Lula, Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation
	Sorry, Sorry For to Leave You	6669A1	Mary Johnson, Roxie Threadgill, Unidentified girls	8-11-1942		sacred song	vocal	Moon Lake	Coahoma	Mississippi	Church of God in Christ, Mohead Plantation			Y/

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