Never before available in high and low voice versions, this new edition of Johnson's classic spiritual arrangements features new music engravings, Johnson's original preface and notes on the pieces, a guide to modified English texts for the spirituals, and a CD of piano accompaniments recorded by Laura Ward.
Belshazza' Had a Feas' (arr. Hall Johnson) I Couldn' Hear Nobody Pray (arr. Hall Johnson) Done Written Down My Name (arr. Hall Johnson) Great Day! (arr. Hall Johnson) How Long Train Been Gone? (arr. Hall Johnson) Keep a-inchin' Along (arr. Hall Johnson) Ride on, Jesus! (arr. Hall Johnson) Scandalize' My Name (arr. Hall Johnson) Oh, Freedom (arr. Hall Johnson) Leanin' on Dat Lamb (arr. Hall Johnson) Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Las' (arr. Hall Johnson) Mary Had a Baby (arr. Hall Johnson) Over Yonder (arr. Hall Johnson) Prayer Is de Key (arr. Hall Johnson) Sinner-man so Hard to Believe (arr. Hall Johnson) Stan'in' in de Need of Prayer (arr. Hall Johnson) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot! (arr. Hall Johnson) There Is a Balm in Gilead (arr. Hall Johnson) This Is de Healin' Water (arr. Hall Johnson) Let de Heb'n-light Shine on Me (arr. Hall Johnson) My Lord, What a Mornin' (arr. Hall Johnson) Oh, Graveyard (arr. Hall Johnson) Were You There? (arr. Hall Johnson) Dat Suits Me (arr. Hall Johnson) Stan' Still, Jordan (arr. Hall Johnson) Ev'ry Time I Feel de Spirit (arr. Hall Johnson) Glory Hallelujah to de New-born King (arr. Hall Johnson) Religion Is a Fortune (arr. Hall Johnson) When I Lay My Burden Down (arr. Hall Johnson) Gospel Train (arr. Hall Johnson)