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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 | genre_hfilter | instrument_hfilter | city_hfilter | county_hfilter | state_hfilter | setting_hfilter |
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| 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. | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | ||||
| 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 | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | |||||
| 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. | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | ||||
| 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. | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | ||||
| 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 | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | |||||
| 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 | sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | |||||
| 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. | sacred-song | vocal | moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | ||||
| 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 | lining-hymn sacred-song | vocal | lula moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead | |||||
| 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/ | sacred-song | vocal | moon-lake | coahoma | mississippi | cogic mohead |