Collection Items

  • Audio Recording
    The Old Ship of Zion
    • Contributor: Gregory, Richard - Richardson, Zema - Holloway High School Quartet - Winrow, Anthony - Johnson, Warren G. - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Daniel Saw the Stone
    • Contributor: Gregory, Richard - Richardson, Zema - Holloway High School Quartet - Winrow, Anthony - Johnson, Warren G. - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Little David
    • Contributor: Gregory, Richard - Richardson, Zema - Holloway High School Quartet - Winrow, Anthony - Johnson, Warren G. - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Old Lang Syne
    Auld Lang Syne
    • Contributor: Unidentified Singers at Fisk University - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Po' Boy Long Way From Home
    • Contributor: Chestain, Sonny - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Standin' on the Corner Smokin' a Cheap Cigar
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Newman
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
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    Jubilee
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
  • Audio Recording
    My Home Above
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
  • Audio Recording
    Glory Shone Around
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
  • Audio Recording
    I Love Thy Kingdom
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
  • Audio Recording
    Great God, Attend
    • Contributor: Sacred Harp Singers - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1938-09
  • Audio Recording
    The Boll Weevil
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Hammering in My Soul
    Ring oh ring
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Salt Water Blues
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Whoa Mule Whoa
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Alabama Red
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Coon Gi'nt (Coon jive)
    Coon jive
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Samson
    If I had my way
    • Contributor: Jackson, Deacon Sam - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Rock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
    • Contributor: Unidentified Vocal Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    [I Know My Time Ain't Long]
    • Contributor: Unidentified Vocal Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    If I Had My Way
    Samson
    • Contributor: Unidentified Vocal Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    I Know I Got Religion
    • Contributor: Jackson, Deacon Sam - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Sit Down
    Set Down
    • Contributor: Jackson, Deacon Sam - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    My Soul Couldn't Rest Contented
    • Contributor: Jackson, Deacon Sam - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    I'm On the Battlefield
    • Contributor: Jackson, Deacon Sam - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Bottle Up and Go
    • Contributor: Mathis, Allison - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
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    Mamma You Goin' to Quit Me Good as I Been to You
    • Contributor: Mathis, Allison - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Bottle Up and Go [false start]
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Bottle Up and Go
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Bottle Up and Go
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    I Got My Ticket
    • Contributor: Turner, Alma - Turner, Monroe - Traveller Home Singers - Ford, T. J. - Turner, Oscar - Ford, Osa - Monch, Matthew - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Where My Lord Was Born
    • Contributor: Turner, Alma - Turner, Monroe - Traveller Home Singers - Ford, T. J. - Turner, Oscar - Ford, Osa - Monch, Matthew - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    John the Revelator
    • Contributor: Bond, James - Gaines, Elwood - Bond, Edward - Parker, Cleve - Spiritual Four Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Breakaway
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Sevassafool (Sebastopol)
    Sebastopol
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Where You Been So Long?
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Gibson, Gus - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Lookin' for the Bully in This Town
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Sally Walker
    • Contributor: Stripling, Sidney - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Railroad Song
    • Contributor: Gibson, Gus - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    The Boll Weevil
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Dixie Line
    Are You From Dixie
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    John the Revelator
    • Contributor: Heavenly Gate Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
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    If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down
    Samson
    • Contributor: Heavenly Gate Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down
    • Contributor: Heavenly Gate Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
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    Got On My Travellin' Shoes
    • Contributor: Heavenly Gate Quartet - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Smithy Rag
    • Contributor: Smith Band (Musical Group) - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Fort Valley Blues
    • Contributor: Smith Band (Musical Group) - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    I Can't Even Give it Away
    • Contributor: Unidentified - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    My Fat Hipted Mamma
    My Fat Hipped Mama
    • Contributor: Ellis, Charles, Blues Pianist - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    Fast Train
    • Contributor: Thomas, John Lee - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
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    Rock of Ages
    • Contributor: Thomas, John Lee - Work, John W. (John Wesley)
    • Date: 1941
  • Audio Recording
    I'm Gonna Make You Happy
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Brown, Buster - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    War Song
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Brown, Buster - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Roosevelt and Hitler, Part I
    Buster Ezell's War-time Song | Strange Things Are Happenin' in the Land
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Roosevelt and Hitler, Part II
    Buster Ezell's War-time Song | Strange Things Are Happenin' in the Land
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Southern Rag [test]
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Joe Louis
    Title announced on recording: Joe Louis's blues
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Southern Rag
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Sanders, Alvin - Duffy, J. F. - Sneed, James - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Milk Cow Blues
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Chastain, Will - Gibson, Gus - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Holy Babe
    Title from first line: Go where I send you | Children go where I send you
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Davies Hill School Chorus - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    If I Had My Way
    Samson
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Over in Zion
    Title announced on recording: I have a starry crown over in Zion
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    My Footsteps Keep Following Me
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Gay, Beatie, Mrs - Mixed Quartet of First Baptist Church (Byron, Ga.) - Johnson, Albert, Deacon - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Ain't But Me One
    • Contributor: First Baptist Church (Byron, Ga.). Mixed Quartet - James, Willis - Gay, Beatie, Mrs - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Twenty-Fifth of December
    Title from first line: When was Jesus born
    • Contributor: Bell, Charlie O. - Walker, J. W. - James, Willis - Middle Georgia Four (Musical Group) - Jones, Lewis Wade - Purnell, H. P. - Smith, C. E.
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Lead Me to That Rock
    • Contributor: Bell, Charlie O. - Walker, J. W. - James, Willis - Middle Georgia Four (Musical Group) - Jones, Lewis Wade - Purnell, H. P. - Smith, C. E.
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    I'm a Pilgrim
    • Contributor: Bell, Charlie O. - Walker, J. W. - James, Willis - Middle Georgia Four (Musical Group) - Jones, Lewis Wade - Purnell, H. P. - Smith, C. E.
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Lord, I Walked
    • Contributor: Bell, Charlie O. - Walker, J. W. - James, Willis - Middle Georgia Four (Musical Group) - Jones, Lewis Wade - Purnell, H. P. - Smith, C. E.
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Jesus Touched Me
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Pearl Harbor
    What a time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    I'll Be Singing
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Now What a Time
    What a time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Obey Your Ration Law
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Let's Go Fight!
    Title announced on recording: Soldier's blues, 1943
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Let's Go Fight!
    Title announced on recording: Soldier's blues, 1943
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    De Lawd Says
    The Lord says
    • Contributor: James, Willis - House Davidson Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Death Come a-Knockin
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Four Brothers (Musical Group)
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    I'll Fly Away
    • Contributor: Lincoln Park Singers - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Children, I'm Goin' 'Way
    Title from first line: Children go where I send you
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Silver Star Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
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    What a Time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    What a Time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
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    Anyhow!
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Oh Jonah!
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Do Right by My Country
    Title announced on recording: Do right by my country and do right by me
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    My Lord Is Writin'
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Cochran Field Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    We Are Americans, Praise the Lord
    Title from refrain: We are Americans, praise God | Title from card catalog: We Are Americans, Praise de Lawd
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Houston, Bertha
    • Date: 1943-06
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    We Are Americans, Praise the Lord
    Title from refrain: We are Americans, praise God
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Houston, Bertha
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    I Know I Got Religion
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Oh Jonah
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Death is an Awful Thing
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Middle Georgia Four (Musical Group)
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    When Was Jesus Born?
    Title from first line: Last month of the year
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Middle Georgia Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    I Have a Home Way Down in Egypt
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Do Right By Me
    Title announced on recording: Do right by our country, do right by me, for we are dying to set this country free
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    A Prayer
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    I Got a Long White Robe over in Zion
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Sit Down
    Title announced on recording: I've entered this war and I'm deeply bound and I can't sit down
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Tear Tokyo Down
    If I had my way | Title announced on recording: We wanna tear Tokyo down
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Don't Sit Down
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Jackson, Deacon Sam
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Obey the Ration Laws
    Title announced on recording: Obey our ration law
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06