Inventory of the Guy and Candie Carawan Collection, 1959-1985

Collection Number 20008

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Online Catalog Headings

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Field recordings from Johns Island, S.C., 1959-1965.

2. Recordings related to the civil rights Movement and African American music in the American South, 1960s.

3. Recordings related to music and culture in south-central Appalachia, and miscellaneous other recordings, 1960s-1980s.

Contact Information:: Manuscripts Department; CB#3926, Wilson Library; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890; Phone: 919/962-1345; Fax: 919/962-3594; Email: mss@email.unc.edu; URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by: Matt Meacham
Date Processed: September 2002
Encoded by: Matt Meacham
Date Encoded: October 2002

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Southern Folklife Collection

Creator: Carawan, Guy.
Carawan, Candie.

Title: Guy and Candie Carawan Collection, 1959-1985

Call Number: 20008

Extent: 295 items

General Abstract: Candie Anderson and Guy Carawan met as a result of their mutual involvement in the black civil rights movement and were married in 1960. Since then, the Carawans have been involved in the work of the Highlander Research and Education Center (formerly the Highlander Folk School) in Tennessee, an institution that supports and provides educational resources for various progressive social and political causes in the South. The collection includes chiefly audio tapes that reflect the Carawans' efforts to document the cultures of various groups of people in the South and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. Included are historically significant speeches, sermons, and musical performances recorded during major civil rights demonstrations and conferences in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities. Featured are Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Len Chandler, and the Sea Island Singers. Field recordings of worship meetings, songs, stories, and recollections from Johns Island, S.C., document elements of the African American heritage of the rural South Carolina Low Country. Also included are recordings of interviews with residents of south-central Appalachia concerning problems associated with coal mining and rural poverty and recordings of performances by Appalachian musicians, among them Hazel Dickens. Other items include recordings of remarks and musical performances by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax; a discussion between Guy Carawan and renowned author and social commentator Studs Terkel; performances by singer-songwriter Mayne Smith and actor-comedian-musician Martin Mull; and recordings of Latin-American, Celtic, Australian, and Hungarian vernacular music. Supporting documentation for many of the tapes is on file with the collection.

Abstract: FT#3526-3582; 3584-3633; 3636-3650: Recordings made by Guy and Candie Carawan, 1960-1965, of African American religious ceremonies from St. John's Island, S.C., known as the Christmas Watch and the New Year's Watch, all-night church meetings held on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in the community's "praise house," in which the congregation would take turns preaching, testifying, shouting, praying, and singing, as moved by the Holy Spirit. The tapes include religious songs, hymns, preaching, and other forms of religious expression. The congregation, of an indeterminate size, was led by Esau Jenkins, John Smalls, and Rev. Grant in the Moving Star Praise House. There are also 13 spirituals from the Sea Islands of South Carolina, recorded in 1960 by unknown performers; 4 tapes of a "preach meeting," 24 January 1965; and interviews for Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, including songs and storytelling, children's songs and stories, religious songs, and edited interviews.

Abstract: FT#3634-3635: Recording of a Christmas Concert performance, made by Guy and Candie Carawan, at the Progressive Club on Johns Island, S.C., on 23 December 1964. Performers included the Southern Gates, the Travelling Echoes, and the Moving Star Hall Singers, all African American singing groups of South Carolina; Charlie Scott and Deacon Washington, African American singers of South Carolina; and Mable A. Hillery, African American singer of Georgia.

Abstract: FT#3641-3655: Recordings made by Guy and Candie Carawan in Birmingham, Ala., during the height of the civil rights movement in April and May of 1963, of church services and mass meetings at St. James Baptist Church and the 16th Street Baptist Church, including the African American Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carlton Reece. The Birmingham Movement Choir sang for 40 consecutive nights at mass meetings throughout the city. There is also a recording of a press conference for KPFK, a Birmingham radio station.

Abstract: FT#3656: Recording made at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., in 1963 by Guy and Candie Carawan of African American civil rights activists James Foreman, Bob Moses, and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers, including Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, and Charles Neblett. Included are speeches Foreman and Moses, and spiritual, gospel, and protest songs sung by the SNC Freedom Singers and others.

Abstract: FT#3673-3685: Recordings, made by folk singer Theodore Bikel, of Sing For Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, held 7-10 May 1964 at Gammon Theological Center, Old Campus, Atlanta, Ga. The tapes feature workshops on the freedom song repertoire; song leading, taught by African American singers Cordell Reagon, Betty Fikes, and Bernice Johnson Reagon; choir leaders and singers, taught by the Birmingham Movement Choir and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers; songwriting in the freedom movement, taught by African American songwriters Bertha Gober and Matthew Jones, and Anglo-American songwriters Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs; and traditional African American folk music, taught by Bessie Jones, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Dock Reese, and others. There are also recordings of weekend concerts featuring singers from the South and the North.

Abstract: FT#3686: Recording, made by Guy and Candie Carawan, of the Birmingham Movement Choir, an African-American gospel choir active in the civil rights movement. The Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carleton Reece sang for forty consecutive nights at mass meetings held through Birmingham, Ala.

Abstract: FT#3687-3697: Recordings relating to the civil rights movement, recorded in Greenwood, Miss., and Albany, Ga., Guy and Candie Carawan, and subsequently released as Sing For Freedom on Smithsonian Folkways. Included are concerts, church services, and interviews with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers, including African American singers Charles Sherrod, Charles Jones, Cordell Reagon, and Blanton Hall; and other African Americans involved in the civil rights movement, including Susie Ann Price, Charles Wingfield, and Dorothy Colton.

Abstract: FT#3687-3697: Recordings of gospel concerts in New York, Detroit, Charleston, S.C., and the Sea Islands, S.C., in 1961-1965. Performers include African American spiritual singers McKinley Peebles and Bessie Jones; African American gospel groups, including the Society for the Preservation of Spirituals, the Richardson Family, the Moving Star Singers, and the Freedom Singers; and Anglo-American folklorists and singers Alan Lomax and Guy and Candie Carawan. Also included is an interview of Guy Carawan by sociologist Studs Terkel in January 1964.

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access: No restrictions.

Provenance: Received from Guy and Candie Carawan of New Market, Tenn., in 2002.

Processing Information: Preservation of and access to the Guy and Candie Carawan Collection was made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Guy and Candie Carawan Collection #20008, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

General: Abernathy, Ralph, 1926- .; African American musicians.; African Americans--Songs and music.; Appalachian Region--Social conditions.; Appalachian Region--Songs and music.; Carawan, Guy.; Carawan, Candie.; Chandler, Len.; Church music.; Civil rights movements.; Dickens, Hazel.; Folk music.; Folklorists--United States.; Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.).; Hymns, English.; Gospel music.; Mull, Martin.; Political ballads and songs.; Protest songs.; Sea Island Singers.; Sermons, American.; Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922- .; Smith, Mayne.; Southern States--Social conditions.; Southern States--Songs and music.; Spirituals (Songs).

FT#3526-3582; 3584-3633; 3636-3650: African American public worship.; African Americans--Songs and music.; Christmas music.; Church music--South Carolina.; Gospel music--South Carolina.; Grant, Rev.; Hymns, English--South Carolina.; Jenkins, Esau.; Johns Island (S.C. : Island)--Songs and music.; Moving Star Hall Singers.; Prayer--South Carolina.; Religious gatherings.; Sea Islands--Religious life and customs.; Sea Islands--Songs and music.; Smalls, John.

FT#3634-3635: African Americans--South Carolina--Music.; Christmas music.; Gospel music--South Carolina.; Spirituals (Songs).; Johns Island (S.C. : Island)--Songs and music.; South Carolina--Songs and music.; Hillery, Mable A.; Scott, Charlie.; Washington, Deacon.; Moving Star Hall Singers.; Southern Gates (Musical group).; Travelling Echoes (Musical group).

FT#3641-3655: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.).; Birmingham Movement Choir.; St. James Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.).; Choirs (Music)--Alabama.; Church music--Alabama.; Civil rights movements--Alabama.; Gospel music--Alabama.; Political ballads and songs--Alabama.; Protest songs--Alabama.; Birmingham (Ala.)--Religious life and customs.

FT#3656: Mtume.; Harris, Rutha.; Neblett, Charles.; Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- .; Reagon, Cordell.; Freedom Singers.; African Americans--Music.; Civil rights movements.; Gospel music.; Political ballads and songs.; Protest songs.; Spirituals (Songs).; Tougaloo College (Jackson, Miss.).

FT#3673-3685: Bikel, Theodore.; Fikes, Betty.; Gover, Bertha.; Jones, Bessie, 1902- .; Jones, Matthew.; Ochs, Phil.; Paxton, Tom.; Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- .; Reagon, Cordell.; Reese, Dock.; Birmingham Movement Choir.; Freedom Singers.; Sea Island Singers.; African American musicians.; African Americans--Music.; Choirs (Music).; Church music.; Folk songs--United States.; Gospel music.; Hymns, English.; Music festivals.; Political ballads and songs.; Protest songs.; Spirituals (Songs).

FT#3686: Reece, Carleton.; Birmingham Movement Choir.; African American musicians--Alabama.; Choirs (Music)--Alabama.; Church music--Alabama.; Civil rights movements--Alabama.; Gospel music--Alabama.; Political ballads and songs--Alabama.; Birmingham (Ala.).

FT#3687-3697: Colton, Dorothy.; Hall, Blanton.; Jones, Charles.; Price, Susie Ann.; Reagon, Cordell.; Sherrod, Charles.; Wingfield, Charles.; Freedom Singers.; African Americans--Songs and music.; Civil rights movements.; Gospel music.; Political ballads and songs.; Protest songs.; Sermons, American.; Spirituals (Songs).; Albany (Ga.)--Religious life and customs.; Greenwood (Miss.)--Religious life and customs.

FT#3710-3721: Carawan, Candie.; Carawan, Guy.; Jones, Bessie, 1902- .; Lomax, Alan, 1915- .; Peebles, McKinley.; Richardson Family.; Freedom Singers.; Moving Star Hall Singers.; Society for the Preservation of Spirituals.; African American musicians.; Gospel music.; Hymns, English.; Spirituals (Songs).; Terkel, Studs, 1912- .

Biographical Note

Guy and Candie Carawan, both natives of California, met in 1960 at the Highlander Folk School (now the Highland Research and Education Center) in New Market, Tenn., as participants in the black civil rights movement. Married shortly thereafter, the Carawans have since been active as collectors of folklore and folk music, singers, musicians, educators, and socio-political activists. They are best known for their efforts to document and disseminate music associated with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, which resulted in several commercially released recordings and printed music anthologies. They have been involved in a variety of musical traditions and social causes in the South and elsewhere, often in connection with their work at the Highlander Research and Education Center.

Guy Carawan was born 7 July 1927 in Santa Monica, Calif. His mother was originally from South Carolina, his father from North Carolina. While pursuing a degree in mathematics at Occidental College, Carawan studied folklore with Austin Fife and performed folk music. He subsequently completed a master's degree in sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he continued his study of folklore with Wayland Hand. During the early 1950s, Carawan grew interested in incorporating folk music and topical songs into progressive socio-political activism and became involved in the People's Song movement, meeting such activist-musicians as Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. In 1959, he became the director of music at the Highlander Folk School, an institution that provided instruction in social organization and was a meeting place for people interested in the civil rights movement and related causes in the South.

Candie Anderson, also from southern California, became interested in the black civil rights movement while in high school. She attended Pomona College near Los Angeles, but spent her junior year of college at Fisk University, a historically African American institution in Nashville, Tenn. While there, she participated in pro-integration demonstrations led by black students in Nashville. She became acquainted with Guy Carawan during a workshop at the Highlander School.

Candie and Guy Carawan have remained affiliated with the Highlander Center and have been active as musicians and participants in various social movements since the 1960s. They spent several years in the predominantly black community of Johns Island, S.C., where they addressed issues of racial discrimination and rural poverty, particularly through a citizenship education program formulated by the Highlander School. They participated in major civil rights campaigns in Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities. Through workshops at the Highlander Center and elsewhere, they collected variants of African American spirituals and other songs for use in civil rights demonstrations and shared them with other participants. Guy Carawan was largely responsible for introducing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" to the pro-integration community. The Carawans have also devoted attention to economic and ecological problems in the coal country of Appalachia.

Throughout their careers, the Carawans have sought to document the music and culture of various groups of people with whom they have worked. They have been involved in the production of seventeen documentary recordings and seven films and have written five books, including three anthologies of songs associated with the civil rights movement. Additionally, Guy Carawan has recorded fifteen albums of his own, some involving Candie Carawan and other family members.

Guy and Candie Carawan have two children and reside in Tennessee.

Collection Overview

The 318 open reel tapes that comprise the Guy and Candie Carawan Collection total approximately 250 hours that reflect the Carawans' efforts to document the cultures of various groups of people in the South and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s.

They include historically significant speeches, sermons, and musical performances recorded during major civil rights demonstrations and conferences in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities. These recordings include master tapes of several documentary albums released on Folkways Records and feature such influential figures as Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, James Bevel, Len Chandler, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and Nashville Mayor R. Benjamin West.

Numerous field recordings of worship meetings, songs, stories, and recollections from Johns Island, S.C., document elements of the African American heritage of the rural South Carolina Low Country. Included are complete recordings of all-night Christmas and New Year's watch meetings held in Moving Star Hall, a community praise house, as well as interviews with civic leader and activist Esau Jenkins about socio-economic improvements and efforts to overcome racial discrimination and poverty on Johns Island in the 1950s and 1960s.

Also included are recordings of interviews with residents of south-central Appalachia concerning problems associated with coal mining and rural poverty. Additional recordings contain performances by Appalachian musicians featuring songs that address regional social issues, as well as other Appalachian vernacular music. Among these performers is noted West Virginia bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens.

Other items include recordings of remarks and musical performances by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax; a discussion between Guy Carawan and renowned author and social commentator Studs Terkel; performances by singer-songwriter Mayne Smith, blues singer Mable Hillary, and actor-comedian-musician Martin Mull; and recordings of Latin-American, Celtic, Australian, and Hungarian vernacular music.

Supporting documentation for many of the tapes is on file with the collection.

Organization of Collection

1. Field Recordings from Johns Island, S.C.
2. Recordings Related to the civil rights Movement and African American Music in the American South
3. Recordings Related to Music and Culture in South-Central Appalachia and Miscellaneous Other Recordings

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Field recordings from Johns Island, S.C., 1959-1965.

114 items.

FT-3526: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 12

1. Conversation as worshippers enter

2. "Amazing Grace"; prayer; "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"; prayer; "Get Right With God"

3. Prayer, beginning with the Lord's Prayer

4. "Am I Soldier of the Cross?"

5. Preaching; beginning of "O Lord, Have Mercy"

FT-3527: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 12

1. "O Lord, Have Mercy" (continued from FT-3526)

2. Preaching; reading from Matthew ch. 2 and preaching/commentary on this text by Joe Deas; "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

3. Esau Jenkins recognizes Guy and Candie Carawan and makes additional comments

4. "At the Cross"

5. Preaching

FT-3528: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 12

1. Preaching (continued from FT-3527); "Fix Me, Jesus"

2. Preaching; first several lines of "I'm Going Home"; preaching

3. "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It")

4. Remarks by Guy Carawan

5. Remarks by an unidentified speaker

6. "Help Me to Run This Race"

7. Unidentified hymn

8. Preaching by Benjamin Bligen; "Jonah Man"

FT-3529: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 12

1. Preaching

2. Preaching

3. Unidentified hymn

4. Brief remarks; "Come By Here"

5. Preaching; "Come on in This Ark Now"

6. Preaching

7. "I Wonder What They're Doing in Heaven Today"; brief remarks

8. "Do Pray for Me""

FT-3530: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 5 of 12

1. "Do Pray for Me" (continued from FT-3529)

2. Preaching

3. "On Jordan's Stormy Banks"

4. Preaching

5. Unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with clapping and stamping

6. Wordless vocalizing; "O Lord, Have Mercy"

7. Wordless vocalizing (with occasional statements of "Lord, have mercy," "Thank you, Lord," etc.)

8. "Somebody's Missing"

9. Preaching

10. "O Lord, When You Come"

11. Preaching

FT-3531: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 6 of 12

1. Preaching (continued from FT-3531, track 11); "Fix Me, Jesus"

2. Preaching

3. "Uncloudy Day"

4. Preaching by John Smalls; Mr. Smalls announces a recess

FT-3532: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 7 of 12

1. "At the Cross"; John Smalls announces that a testifying service will now begin

2. "I Love Jesus"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

3. Testimony

4. "Lay Down Body"

5. Testimony; "See What the End Gonna Be"

6. Testimony

7. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

8. Testimony

FT-3533: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 8 of 12

1. Testimony (continued from FT-3532); "Leave It There"; shouting, brief testimony

2. "Meet Me in Galilee"

3. Brief testimony with vocalizing and shouting; "Reborn Again"

4. Testimony; "All I Want Is a Little More Faith in Jesus"

5. Testimony; "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?"

6. Testimony; "Somebody's Missing"

7. Testimony by a woman who is originally from Johns Island but now lives in New York

FT-3534: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 9 of 12

1. "Steal Away" (singing is in progress when recording begins)

2. Testimony; unidentified hymn

3. Testimony

4. "I Need Thee Every Hour"

5. Testimony; "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"

6. Testimony with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up

7. "There Is Peace in That City"

8. Testimony; beginning of "My Life Will Be Sweeter"

FT-3535: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 10 of 12

1. Testimony; "Jesus Knows All About My Troubles"

2. Testimony with considerable vocalizing, bearing up; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

3. Testimony with a great deal of shouting, vocalizing, bearing up; "Farther Along"

4. Testimony; "You'd Better Ride This Train for Jesus"; brief preaching/testimony

5. "Go Tell It on the Mountain"

6. Testimony

7. "See God's Ark A-Movin'"

8. "Jesus on the Mainline"

FT-3536: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 11 of 12

1. Testimony/prayer - vocalized

2. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

3. Testimony - vocalized; "Sun Never Go Down"

4. "There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood"; prayer and preaching - vocalized; invitation/altar call with singing of an unidentified hymn

5. Concluding remarks by John Smalls; Guy Carawan announces upcoming music festival; "I'm So Glad That He Knows"

6. Brief preaching, remarks; Common Doxology ("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow"); closing prayer

7. Worshippers talking on way out, brief singing, stamping, clapping

FT-3537: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 12 of 12

1. Worshippers talking on way out, stamping, clapping, vocalizing (continued from FT-3536)

2. "I Will Be All Right" ("I Will Overcome"), sung by small group at Guy Carawan's request

3. "Something Got a Hold of Me," sung by a small group of people

FT-3538: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 12

1. Worshippers entering the hall; "You Don't Know Me," dubbed from a record

2. Worshippers entering hall

3. "Jesus Knows All About My Trouble," started by James Mackey

4. "We Are Hunting for a City," started by Isabel Simmons

5. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross"

6. "There's a Rest for the Weary"

7. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

8. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"; "I Love Jesus"

9. "I Love Jesus," continued

10. "Amazing Grace"

11. Beginning of "Amazing Grace" (spoken recitation by James Mackey)

FT-3539: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 12

1. "Amazing Grace"

2. "Amazing Grace," continued

3. Prayer, led by Florence Smalls, with vocalizing, bearing up

4. Unidentified hymn

5. Unidentified hymn

6. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face" - spoken recitation; prayer

7. "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me"

8. Prayer, including recitation of a few lines from "Evening Shade," with vocalizing, bearing up

9. "Get Right With God"

10. Prayer, including portions of Lord's Prayer, with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up, etc.

11. "O Thomas, I am the Man"

12. Preaching

FT-3540: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 12

1. Preaching (continued from FT-3539)

2. "Meet Me in Galilee"

3. Preaching; reading of text from Matthew ch. 2 by Joe Deas

4. "Lay Down a Little While," started by James Mackey

5. Preaching by John Smalls

6. "At the Cross"

7. Remarks by Esau Jenkins - Mr. Jenkins notes presence of Guy Carawan, mentions that Mr. Carawan has enabled singers from Moving Star Hall to perform at major concerts and festivals

FT-3541: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 12

1. Remarks and preaching by Esau Jenkins, continued from FT-3540

2. Remarks by John Smalls

3. "At the Cross"

4. Preaching

5. "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It")

6. Preaching

7. "Sun Never Go Down," started by Isabel Simmons

8. Preaching with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up

FT-3542: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 5 of 12

1. Preaching (continued from FT-3541)

2. "Moonlight and Glory," started by John Smalls and Ruth Bligen

3. Preaching

4. "Lay Down Body, Lay Down a Little While," started by Bertha Smith

5. Preaching

6. "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah"

7. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God"

8. "Preaching" - notes designate this as "Sermon - Intoxicated"

9. "You Better Mind," started by Bertha Smith

10. Remarks by John Smalls

FT-3543: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 6 of 12

1. Remarks by John Smalls, continued from FT-3542

2. "Down at the River, You Can't Help Me to Cross" ("I've Got One More River to Cross")

3. Preaching by Rev. Travis

4. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

5. Preaching

6. "Meet Me in Galilee"

7. Preaching by Willie Williams

FT-3544: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 7 of 12

1. Preaching by Willie Williams, continued

2. "Yonder Ship Mariah, Don't You Want to Go"

3. Preaching

4. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God," started by Ruth Bligen

5. Preaching by Rev. Grant

6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today"

7. Preaching

8. "On That Day"

9. Preaching, vocalizing

FT-3546: Christmas Watch, 1964, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 9 of 12

1. "Feed Me Jesus"; brief remarks by John Smalls

2. "Feed Me Jesus" resumes and concludes

3. Testimony with vocalizing, bearing up

4. "Help Me Drive Old Satan Away," started by Isabel Simmons

5. Testimony

6. Unidentified hymn

7. Testimony

8. "Come on in the Ark," started by Bertha Smith

9. Testimony

10. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

11. Testimony

12. "I've Got a Mother Sleeping in the Grave"

FT-3550: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 12

1. People talking on way into Moving Star Hall; interview with Betsy Pinckney

2. "When the Bridegroom Comes"

3. "I am Going to Trust in the Lord," started by Isabel Simmons

4. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross"

5. John Smalls announces that a prayer service (the first portion of the watch meeting) is beginning

6. "I Love Jesus," started by James Mackey

7. Prayer by James Mackey

8. "Hear Me, O Grave, on Sunday Morning (Third Day He Rose)"

9. Prayer, with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up

FT-3551: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 12

1. "Help Me to Run This Race" (song is in progress when recording begins)

2. Prayer by Isabel Simmons

3. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

4. Prayer by Ruth Bligen

5. Unidentified hymn

6. Prayer

7. Unidentified hymn

8. Prayer

9. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

10. Prayer

11. "I'm Gonna Trust in the Lord"

FT-3552: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 12

1. "O Lord, Have Mercy"; "Ask the Watchman How Long"

2. Man announces, "The old year is past and gone; the new is commenced"; "Ask the Watchman How Long"

3. Prayer or remarks

4. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face?"

5. Remarks; Joe Deas reads the text for the preaching service, Revelation chapter 21; preaching by Joe Deas

6. "Take Up the Cross and Go Home" ("Hold Out for the Last Day")

7. Brief remarks; "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It")

8. Preaching by John Smalls

FT-3553: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 12

1. "Fix Me Jesus"

2. Preaching

3. "My Garment's Ready," started by Isabel Simmons

4. "I Got a Mother Sleeping in the Grave"

5. Preaching

6. "Some Sweet Day After While" (song is in progress when recording begins)

7. Vocalizing by the congregation; "The Sun Don't Never Go Down"

8. Vocalizing, extemporaneous praise by the congregation; preaching by Rev. Grant

FT-3554: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 5 of 12

1. Preaching by Rev. Grant (continued from FT-3553)

2. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?"

3. "O Jesus, Come by Here"

4. Preaching

5. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

6. Preaching, with vocalizing, bearing up

7. "I Want to Be a Child of God"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

8. Preaching by Rev. Smith

FT-3555: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 6 of 12

1. Preaching by Rev. Smith, continued from FT-3554

2. "Something Got a Hold of Me"; brief remarks

3. "Come on in the Room"

4. Preaching by Willie Williams

5. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"; remarks

6. "I'll Go If You Want Me to Go"

FT-3556: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 7 of 12

1. Preaching, with vocalizing, bearing up

2. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God"

3. Preaching

4. "Hunting for a City," with vigorous shouting

5. Preaching

6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today"

7. Preaching

FT-3557: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 8 of 12

1. Preaching (continued from FT-3556)

2. "Heard of a City Called Heaven"

3. "In the Army of the Lord"

4. Preaching

5. "Reborn Again"

6. Preaching by John Smalls

7. "Lay Down Body"

8. "Come on in This Ark Now"

9. Testimony by Bertha Smith

10. Unidentified hymn

FT-3558: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 9 of 12

1. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face?"

2. Testimony by Ruth Bligen

3. "To Get Over"

4. Testimony

5. Testimony continues, segues into an unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with stamping, clapping, shouting

6. Testimony

7. "Ananias, Ananias, Tell Me What Kind of Man Jesus Is," with vigorous shouting

8. Testimony, with vocalizing, bearing up

9. "My Mind Done Gone"

10. Testimony

11. "Steal Away"

12. Testimony

13. "You Know the Storm Is Passing Over"

14. Testimony by Janie Hunter

15. "I Love Jesus"

FT-3559: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 10 of 12

1. Testimony with shouting, vocalizing, bearing up

2. "I am Some Mother's Child"

3. Testimony; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"; testimony, with vocalizing, stamping, etc.

4. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"

5. Testimony

6. "Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey"

7. Testimony

8. Unidentified hymn

9. Testimony

10. "Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares" (verse from "Amazing Grace")

11. "(Give Me That) Old Time Religion"

12. Testimony, with shouting, vocalizing, bearing up

13. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)"

14. Testimony; beginning of an unidentified hymn

FT-3560: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 11 of 12

1. "I'll Go With Him All the Way (Where He Leads Me, I Will Follow)"

2. Testimony

3. "Jacob's Ladder"

4. Testimony

5. "Jesus on the Main Line"

6. Testimony; "John on the Island"

7. Preaching or testimony

8. "Jonah Man," started by Janie Hunter

9. Brief testimony; "I Need Thee Every Hour"

10. Testimony; brief portion of an unidentified hymn; testimony

11. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

12. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" - spoken recitation; prayer incorporating verses from several other hymns

FT-3561: New Year's Watch, 1964-65, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 12 of 12

1. Prayer (continued from FT-3560)

2. Unidentified hymn

3. Brief remarks by Guy Carawan; remarks/preaching; Common Doxology ("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow"); brief prayer

4. "Amen"

5. People talking on way out of hall

6. Unidentified song sung by a small group of people

7. More singing of the same song as in track 6

8. More singing of the same song as in the previous two tracks; another unidentified song sung by a small group

9. People talking on way out of hall

10. Unidentified song sung by a small group of people

11. "Michael, Row," sung by a small group of people

12. People talking on way out of hall

13. "Talk About a Good Time," sung by a small group of people

14. "See What the End Gonna Be," sung by a small group of people; people talking on way out of hall

FT-3562: Preach meeting, January 24, 1965, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 4

1. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

2. "Lift Him Up"

3. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

4. Prayer, beginning with a version of the Lord's Prayer, by John Smalls

5. "Soldiers of the Cross"

6. Opening remarks by John Smalls

7. "If You Pray Right, Heaven Belongs to You"

8. Joe Deas reads Luke ch. 19, preaches on this text and related subject matter

9. "There Is Peace in That City"

10. Preaching by John Smalls

11. "I Done Done What You Told Me to Do"

FT-3563: Preach meeting, Moving Star Hall, January 24, 1965, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 4

1. "Amazing Grace" (song is in progress when recording begins)

2. Preaching by John Smalls

3. "All I Want, a Little More Faith in Jesus"

4. Preaching by Rufus Brown

FT-3565: Preach meeting, January 24, 1965, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 4

1. Preaching by Benjamin Bligen

2. "Real, Real, Jesus Is Real to Me"; "See God's Ark a-Moving"

3. Remarks by Guy Carawan; Mr. Carawan introduces several guests

4. Brief remarks by Mr. Carawan's friends and clergyman

5. Remarks by John Smalls

6. Remarks by Guy Carawan; Joe Deas announces that the meeting will conclude

7. Common Doxology ("Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow")

8. Benediction/closing prayer by James Mackey; people talking on way out

FT-3566: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 12

-- Audio is very distorted because of chemical disintegration of the tape. Much of the content is entirely unintelligible. Therefore, it is impossible to identify most of the tracks with any specificity.

1. Testimony; singing

2-6. Unintelligible - includes testifying, singing, and possibly preaching

7. Preaching; singing

8. Singing

9. Preaching

10. "Look at the People Standing at the Judgment"

11. Preaching by Joe Deas

12. "God Be With You Till We Meet Again"

13. Benediction; unidentified hymn

FT-3567: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 12

-- Much of the audio is very distorted because of chemical disintegration of the original tape. Some of the content is unintelligible.

1. Singing

2. Testimony

3. Singing

4. Preaching or testimony

5. "Somebody's Missing"

6. Very distorted - unintelligible

7. Singing

8. Singing

9. Testimony; singing

10. Brief preaching or remarks; singing

11. Preaching; singing

12. Testimony; singing

FT-3568: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 12

-- Some of the content of this recording is distorted because of chemical disintegration of the original tape, but the audio quality generally is better than that of FT-3567 or FT-3566.

1. Testimony; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

2. Prayer, testimony; "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me"

3. Testimony

4. "All I Want, a Little More Faith in Jesus"

5. Testimony

6. "I Know You're Tired; Sit Down and Rest a Little While"

7. Preaching

8. Unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

9. Testimony, with a great deal of bearing up; "See God's Ark a-Moving"

10. Testimony and prayer

11. "That's All Right"

12. Testimony, with a great deal of vocalizing and bearing up; "John on the Island of Patmos"

13. Testimony and prayer

14. "Steal Away"

FT-3569: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 12

1. Brief testimony; "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

2. Testimony

3. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"

4. Testimony

5. "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time"

6. Testimony; "Lay Down Body"

7. Testimony

8. "Fix My Feet for the Journey"

9. Testimony; "I Know the Lord Will Answer Me"

10. Brief testimony; beginning of "Where Shall I Be When the First Trumpet Sounds?"

FT-3570: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 5 of 12

1. "Moonlight and Glory" (singing is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Remarks by Esau Jenkins; worshippers conversing with one another

3. "Lead Me to the Rock, Higher and High"

4. Testimony

5. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?"

6. Testimony

7. Unidentified hymn

8. Testimony

FT-3571: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 6 of 12

1. Brief remarks by John Smalls

2. "Servant of God, Well Done"

3. Preaching

4. "He's All Right"

5. Preaching

6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?"

7. Preaching

8. "He Never, Ever Left Me Alone"

FT-3572: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 7 of 12

1. Conclusion of "Just a Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right"

2. Preaching

3. "O Lord, Have Mercy"

4. Preaching

5. "Farther Along"

6. Preaching

7. "Somebody Pray"

8. Remarks by John Smalls; "Do Pray for Me"

FT-3573: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 8 of 12

1. "In the Army of the Lord"

2. Preaching with vocalizing, harmonizing, stamping

3. "I Love Jesus"

4. Remarks/preaching by John Smalls; preaching by another speaker; preaching by a third speaker

5. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"

6. Preaching

FT-3574: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 9 of 12

1. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" (is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Remarks by John Smalls; preaching

FT-3575: Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 10 of 12

1. Unidentified hymn (singing is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Prayer

3. Remarks by John Smalls

4. "Amazing Grace"

5. Remarks by John Smalls, who introduces several speakers; preaching

FT-3576: Watch Meeting, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 11 of 12

1. Prayer

2. "I Want to Be a Child of God"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

3. Prayer

4. "I am Going to Trust in the Lord"

5. Prayer

6. "And Must I Be for Judgment Born?"

7. Prayer

8. Unidentified hymn

9. "My Life Will Be Sweeter Some Day"

10. Prayer

FT-3578: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 5 (originally 7 of 12)

1. Unidentified hymn (singing is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Remarks by John Smalls

3. "My Awful Day Will Surely Come"

4. Preaching, with a great deal of responding, vocalizing, bearing up

5. "I Want to Be a Child of God"

6. Preaching, with a great deal of vocalizing

7. "Lord, Have Mercy on Me"

FT-3579: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 5 (originally 6 of 12)

1. "Somebody's Missing"

2. "In the Army of the Lord"

3. Remarks by John Smalls

4. Preaching

5. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"

6. Preaching; beginning of "Servant of God, Well Done"

FT-3580: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 5 (originally 5 of 12)

1. "My Life Will Be Sweeter Someday" (singing is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Preaching by Joe Deas; Mr. Deas reads text from Matthew ch. 2, discusses it

3. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?"

4. Remarks by John Smalls

5. Unidentified hymn

6. "Somebody Pray"

7. "Somebody's Missing"

FT-3581: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 5 (originally 4 of 12)

1. "If King Jesus Holds My Hand, I Will Go"

2. Prayer

3. Unidentified hymn

4. Prayer

5. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping

6. Prayer

7. "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"

8. Prayer

9. "All These People Are Jesus' People"

10. Preaching

FT-3582: Christmas Watch, 1963, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 5 of 5 (originally 3 of 12)

1. People talking on their way into the hall

2. "At the Cross"

3. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross"

4. "All Things Are Possible If You Only Believe"

5. "I'm Going to Trust in the Lord"

6. Brief remarks; "Feed Me, Jesus"

7. Prayer

8. "Amazing Grace"

9. Prayer

10. Unidentified hymn (tune: "Mear")

11. Prayer, with vocalizing, bearing up

FT-3583: Christmas Watch, 1961 [?--seems that Esau Jenkins makes reference to 1960 in track 1], Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 1 of 4

1. Remarks by Esau Jenkins - Mr. Jenkins introduces Guy Carawan and Candie Anderson

2. Remarks by Guy Carawan

3. "I Will Overcome" - Guy Carawan starts and leads the singing, congregation joins in

FT-3584: Christmas Watch, 1961, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 2 of 4

1. "When I Rise"

2. "We're Gonna Have a Good Time"

3. "Come From a Distance"

4. "Wonder Where My Mind"

5. "Telegram"

6. "Ride On"

7. "Reborn Again"

FT-3585: Christmas Watch, 1961 [1962? - documentation gives date as 1961, but tape box says 1962], Johns Island, S.C., Tape 3 of 4

1. Apparently an excerpt from a concert by musicians involved in the black civil rights movement (not a part of the Christmas Watch) - Guy Carawan introduces several musicians; one of them makes brief remarks

2. (Material from Christmas Watch begins here) - "Amazing Grace"

3. Preaching by John Smalls

4. "No Harm"

5. Prayer by Betsy Pinckney

6. "My Life Will Be Sweeter"

7. "Write My Mother's Name"

8. Preaching by Joe Deas; reading of text from Matthew ch. 2 and discussion thereof by Joe Deas

9. Remarks - John Smalls

10. "Sign My Name" - started by Ruth Bligen

FT-3586: Christmas Watch, 1961, Johns Island, S.C., Tape 4 of 4

1. Brief dialogue involving Guy Carawan and at least one or two other people - seemingly unrelated to Christmas Watch

2. "Hold Out Till the Last Day (Take Up Your Cross and Follow On)"

3. "Hold Out Till the Last Day (Take Up Your Cross and Follow On)" (again)

4. "Lay Down Body"; commentary on singing of Moving Star Hall worshippers and its socio-cultural significance by Esau Jenkins, overdubbed (superimposed) over singing

5. Testifying

6. "Jesus Knows All About My Trouble"; commentary on singing of Moving Star Hall worshippers and its socio-cultural significance by Esau Jenkins, overdubbed (superimposed) over singing

7. Unidentified hymn (tune: "Martyrdom," a.k.a. "Avon")

8. Brief remarks by John Smalls

9. Remarks by Esau Jenkins; Mr. Jenkins introduces Highlander Folk School founder Myles Horton and Guy and Candie Carawan

10. "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?"

11. Remarks by Guy Carawan

12. Remarks by Myles Horton

13. "Reborn Again"

FT-3587: This recording includes field recordings from Johns Island, S.C., and apparently also excerpts from an LP containing material related to the civil rights Movement - Tape 1 of 2 containing material from interview with Doris, Carol, and Johnny (see track 1)

1. Guy and Candie Carawan interview young people from Johns Island named Doris, Carol, and Johnny - discussion of school, work, cultural and recreational activities of young people on Johns Island

2. "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me" - singer is not identified, but probably is one of the young people interviewed in track 1

3. "I'm Waiting for My Child to Come Home" - sung by two people, probably two of the young people interviewed in track 1

4-12. Apparently selections from an LP documenting the black civil rights Movement, primarily in Greenwood, Mississippi

FT-3588: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Willis and Laura Rivers in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. "Near the Cross" - sung by Laura Rivers

2. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Willis and Laura Rivers (continued from FT-3589)

FT-3589: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Willis and Laura Rivers in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Willis and Laura Rivers

2. "At the Cross" - sung by Laura Rivers

3. Interview continues from track 1

FT-3590: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with James Mackey (born 1898, according to Mr. Mackey in this interview) in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Mr. Mackey (continued from FT-3591)

2. Prayer spoken by Mr. Mackey

3. "This Little Light of Mine" - sung by Mr. Mackey

FT-3591: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with James Mackey (b. 1898) in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan, assisted by Roger Phenix, interviews Mr. Mackey - Mr. Mackey discusses various aspects of his life and community life on Johns Island: childhood, family, work, economy, transportation, recreation, religion, beliefs about paranormal phenomena, folk medicine, etc.

FT-3592: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Doris, Carol, and Johnny, apparently in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2 (see FT-3587)

1. Guy and Candie Carawan, with assistance from one or two other people, interview Doris, Carol, and Johnny about various aspects of their lives as young people on Johns Island; discussion of blues music near the end of this portion of the interview leads to performance of several blues songs in subsequent tracks

2. "High Heeled Sneakers" - evidently sung by Johnny and either Carol or Doris, with Roger Phenix [a colleague of the Carawans] playing guitar; some talking among participants

3. Blues song sung by Johnny with guitar accompaniment by Roger Phenix

4. Blues song sung by Johnny with guitar accompaniment by Roger Phenix

5. Unidentified soul/rhythm-and-blues song sung without accompaniment, evidently by Doris and Carol

6. Unidentified soul/rhythm-and-blues song sung without accompaniment by Doris and Carol

7. "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)," sung without accompaniment, evidently by Doris and Carol

FT-3593: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Mary Pinckney in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 3

-- On this recording, Mary Pinckney recites or sings texts of songs for Guy Carawan for purposes of documentation. The songs whose texts are spoken or sung are listed below.

1. "Fix Me Jesus"

2. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus; Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed"

3. "Row, Michael, Row"

4. "Lay Down Body"

5. "Sign My Name"

6. "No Harm"

7. "I Know You're Tired (Sit Down and Rest a Little While)"

8. One of several songs known as "John" songs - "John on the Island" [?] or "John Can Write and John Can Read" [?]

9. "Meet Me in Galilee"

10. "Little David, Play on Your Harp"

11. "Jonah Man"

FT-3594: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Mary Pinckney in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 3

-- As on FT-3593, Mary Pinckney sings songs or portions thereof for Guy Carawan for purposes of documentation.

1. "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize"

2. "When I Rise"

3. "The Storm Is Passing Over, Hallelujah"

4. Interview with Mary Pinckney (age 25 as of this recording) - Mrs. Pinckney discusses various aspects of her life, community life - family, work, upbringing, music, etc.

FT-3595: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Janie Hunter and Loretta [last name not available], including songs sung without accompaniment, in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Unidentified song (singing is already in progress when recording begins)

2. Interview - discussion of courting customs

3. Interview - riddles, rhymes

4. Interview - various rhymes, riddles, excerpts from songs; excerpts from and discussion of "Shoot Turkey"; excerpts from and discussion of "Old Lady From Booster"

5. "Water My Flowers" and discussion thereof

6. "Honey and a One-Cent Herring" and discussion thereof

7. Further discussion of "Honey and a One-Cent Herring" - one of the subjects of the interview clarifies the text

8. "Little Brown Brother" - clarification and discussion of the text

9. Interview - further discussion about courting customs, dancing, music

10. Several children's songs, singing games, and discussions thereof; a testimony typical of those presented during meetings at Moving Star Hall; more singing

FT-3596: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Janie Hunter and Loretta [last name not available] in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Janie and Loretta provide Guy Carawan with the texts of a number of songs, either by singing or by speaking - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix begin interview with Janie and Loretta - brief conversation

2. "Going Savannah River" and discussion thereof

3. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Is Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)"

4. "Fix Me Jesus" and discussion thereof

5. "Sinner, You Oughta Been There"

6. Discussion of "Lord, I Need You Now"

7. "I Shall Not Remove" (variant of "I Shall Not Be Moved"), incorporating portions of "Yonder Ship Mariah"

8. "Down On Me"

9. "Row, Michael, Row"

10. "Jonah Man"

11. "Honey in the Rock"

12. "John on the Island"

13. "Ezekiel in the Valley"

14. "Motherless Child"; "I Know the Lord Got His Hands on Me"

15. "Lead Me to the Rock (Higher and High)" (variant of "Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I"); "My God Is a Rock in a Weary Land"; discussion of these two selections

16. "Old Ship of Zion"; brief discussion of "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?"

17. "One More River to Cross"

18. "John Henry"

19. "The Titanic (It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down)"

20. "No Harm (The World Can't Do You No Harm)"

21. "Lord, in the Morning, Thou Shalt Hear"

22. Beginning of "Gonna Be a Time"

FT-3597: This might be another field recording from Johns Island, S.C., or it might be a field recording featuring African American residents of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; some selections are sung by a small group of singers, others by only one or two singers

1. "Going Savannah River" - sung by small group

2. "Been in the Storm So Long" - sung by small group

3. "Free at Last" - sung by small group

4. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)" - sung by one woman

5. "Motherless Child" - sung by two women

6. Brief remarks by one woman; "I am Hunting for a City" - sung by one woman; "In This Army of the Lord" - sung by two women

7. Brief discussion between two women - seems to be about race relations

8. "Oh, It Is a Happy Day When Jesus Washed My Sins Away" - sung by one woman, with another woman talking and singing along quietly in background

9. Brief discussion between two women - one seems to be giving the other directions or describing the location of a particular place

-- Tracks 10 through 13 seem to have been recorded during a concert performance by the Moving Star Hall Singers (a group selected from among people who frequently worship and sing at Moving Star Hall). The recording was made in a large hall, and an audience applauds between selections.

10. "My Mind Done Gone"

11. "My Mind Done Gone" - seems to have been sung as an encore or reprise

12. Remarks by Benjamin Bligen on "We Shall Overcome"; singing of "We Shall Overcome"

13. Remarks by Benjamin Bligen on "See God's Ark A-Moving"; singing of "See God's Ark A-Moving"

FT-3598: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Betsy Pinckney (born 1878, according to Mrs. Pinckney in this interview) in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 4

1. Guy Carawan interviews Mrs. Pinckney - Belle Green assists Mrs. Pinckney in remembering facts about the past but rarely speaks - Mrs. Pinckney discusses a variety of topics related to her own life history, her family history, and the history of Johns Island in stream-of-consciousness fashion

FT-3599: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Mary Pinckney, in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 3 of 3 (continued from FT-3594)

1. Guy and Candie Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Mary Pinckney - discussion of the musical heritage of Johns Island, role of music in Mrs. Pinckney's family, race relations, Christian beliefs about love and forgiveness

2. Interview, continued - discussion of beliefs about paranormal phenomena (ghosts, hags, etc.)

3. Interview, continued - discussion of Mrs. Pinckney's wedding, courting customs

FT-3600: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 4 (continued from FT-3598)

1. Mrs. Pinckney discusses a variety of topics related to her own life history, her family history, and the history of Johns Island in stream-of-consciousness fashion, with occasional contributions from Mrs. Green

FT-3601: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 3 of 4

1. Interview with Mrs. Pinckney and Mrs. Green continues from FT-3600

2. "In the Morning When I Rise" - sung by Guy Carawan, Mrs. Pinckney, and Mrs. Green

3. "Soldier of the Cross"

4. Interview with Mrs. Pinckney and Mrs. Green continues

5. "Almost Persuaded"

6. "Ups and Downs (All the Way to Heaven)"

7. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (or "When the Saints Are Marching Home")

8. "O My Brother, Where Shall I Meet You?"

9. Mrs. Pinckney delivers a prayer typical of those spoken during meetings at Moving Star Hall - as is often done at Moving Star Hall, she begins the prayer with a paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer

10. "All Things Are Possible If You Only Believe"

11. Prayer spoken by Mrs. Green

12. "Let Jesus Lead Me"

13. Guitar instrumental, evidently played by Guy Carawan, with clapping from Mrs. Pinckney and/or Mrs. Green

14. Carawan sings and plays "That's All Right" and Mrs. Pinckney sings along

15. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"

16. "I Will Be All Right/I Will Overcome" (antecedent of "We Shall Overcome")

17. Mrs. Pinckney resumes conversation

FT-3602: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 4 of 4

1. Interview with Mrs. Pinckney and Mrs. Green continues from FT-3603

2. "At the Cross"

3. Interview continues

FT-3603: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Benjamin Bligen (age 40 as of this recording) and Rev. James Grant in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Mr. Bligen and Rev. Grant - Mr. Bligen discusses his youth on Johns Island, farm work, raising a family, socio-economic progress on Johns Island during his lifetime; Rev. Grant discusses similar subject matter, particularly farm work, progress in agriculture and sources of livelihood, singing in Moving Star Hall, folk medicine; Mr. Bligen resumes discussion of livelihood - farming, fishing, carpentry, other labor-oriented occupations; musical tastes and activities - sacred music, blues

FT-3604: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Benjamin Bligen and Rev. James Grant in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Interview with Mr. Bligen and Rev. Grant continues from FT-3603 - discussion of songs sung in Moving Star Hall; the Moving Star Hall Singers' trip to the Newport Folk Festival; folk medicine; folk stories; beliefs about paranormal phenomena - hags, etc.; religious beliefs

FT-3605: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Alice Wine, followed by an interview with Isabel Simmons (age 57 as of this recording, according to this interview), both in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Mrs. Wine - Mrs. Wine discusses her youth on Johns Island; farming, gardening, fishing, etc.; changes in availability of transportation during her lifetime; beliefs about hags, etc.; further discussion of farming

2. Guy Carawan interviews Mrs. Simmons - discussion of her family (the Bligen family); youth on Johns Island; farm work; economic challenges; folk medicine; music; recreation; religious activities; singing in Moving Star Hall, increase in population of white people on Johns Island; her current work as a housekeeper; Moving Star Hall

FT-3606: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Isabel Simmons in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Interview with Mrs. Simmons, continued - Mrs. Simmons discusses her role as an usher at Wesley Church; singing at Moving Star Hall, the Bligen family (one of the largest families on Johns Island, the best-represented family in Moving Star Hall); social and economic changes on Johns Island during her lifetime; effects of modern inventions, electrification, etc. on culture of Johns Island; transportation; Joe Bligen (Mrs. Simmons's father, who was well known locally for his singing); wedding customs

FT-3607: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Janie and Willie Hunter (married in 1934) in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter - discussion of her youth on Johns Island and her family; Joe Bligen (Mrs. Hunter's father, a farmer, fisherman, and a foreman on a local plantation, and a well-known singer at Moving Star Hall); discussion of meeting and courting her husband (Willie Hunter); recreation during her youth - dances, music, stories, rhymes; construction of houses

2. Interview with Janie Hunter continues (Candie Carawan and Roger Phenix contribute questions occasionally) - discussion of cooking procedures during her youth, farm work and fishing; prayer meetings and church services, singing in church and Moving Star Hall; raising children; work as a housekeeper; Interview with Willie Hunter - Mr. Hunter discusses work in various occupations - farming, construction work, working at a fertilizer plant, etc.; his youth and upbringing; Mrs. Hunter discusses introduction of electric light; ownership of land on Johns Island, racial distribution of land

3. Mrs. Hunter discusses pre-electrical technology; family budget; recent loss of the Hunters' house to a fire, role of religious faith in responding to this tragedy; recent trip to Newport Folk Festival with Moving Star Hall Singers; Mr. and Mrs. Hunter tell folk stories; Mrs. Hunter discusses raising cotton; making mattresses out of natural materials; quilting parties; New Year's customs; folk medicine

FT-3608: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Janie and Willie Hunter - Tape 2 of 2; material evidently dubbed from an LP (or LPs)

1. Interview with the Hunters continues from FT-3609 - discussion of folk medicine; beliefs about ghosts, hags, paranormal phenomena, etc.; discoveries of buried money on Johns Island; increase in white population of Johns Island in recent decades; race relations; Mrs. Hunter discusses having lived and worked in New York briefly; expanded educational opportunities for young people from Johns Island; interest of young people (or lack thereof) in local cultural heritage; a church in New York whose minister and many of whose members are black people from South Carolina; burial customs of former times; role of Moving Star Society in community; worship in Moving Star Hall

2. Material evidently dubbed from an LP - a story about "Farmer Jones"

3. Material evidently dubbed from an LP - flamenco guitar playing

4. Material evidently dubbed from an LP - more flamenco guitar playing

FT-3609: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Rev. G.C. Brown in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2

1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews Rev. Brown - discussion of various aspects of life on Johns Island during Rev. Brown's tenure (beginning in 1936) as pastor of Wesley Methodist Church - poverty; economic disadvantages; economic progress; farming methods; schools; limited availability of education, improvement in educational opportunities over the years; dietary practices; construction of houses; worship and singing in Moving Star Hall; role of Esau Jenkins in social and economic developments; services at Wesley Church; effects of World War II on local economy; property ownership by black residents; changing racial demographics; race relations; effects of Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954

FT-3610: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Rev. G.C. Brown in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews Rev. Brown - continued discussion of race relations; limited availability of physicians; folk medicine; folk beliefs in supernatural powers of roots, "hoodoo," etc.; beliefs in ghosts, etc.; tendency of talented young people from Johns Island to move away, especially to New York; further discussion of race relations; increased awareness of race-related social and economic disparity; reactions of Johns Island residents to presence and activities of Guy and Candie Carawan; opposition of some whites to participation of other whites in black civil rights efforts

2. Further comments from Rev. Brown about meaning in familiar hymns and spirituals; experiences of Rev. Brown's father and grandmother, both of whom were slaves; brief reflections on Rev. Brown's tenure as a minister on Johns Island

FT-3611: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interviews with Robert Johnson and William Saunders in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2 of interview with Mr. Saunders

1. Brief excerpt from "Old Man at the Mill" - singer unknown; Guy Carawan interviews Robert Johnson - Mr. Johnson discusses his childhood on Johns Island; school, family; Moving Star Society, of which Mr. Johnson is president, and its role in the community; economic hardship in years past; economic improvements, especially during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential administration; property ownership by black residents; recreation (or lack thereof) in past years; upbringing of young people; introduction of radio and television; singing in Moving Star Hall, especially that of Joe Bligen and Levy Green; leadership of Rev. Brown and Esau Jenkins; names of communities/neighborhoods on Johns Island

2. Guy Carawan interviews William Saunders - Mr. Saunders discusses various aspects of race relations; cruelty toward black people on the part of some police officers; reluctance of some white people who support racial justice to be outspoken on the subject; lack of assertiveness on the part of some African American residents of Johns Island in pursuit of justice; possibility of school integration on Johns Island; fairness and kindness of some law enforcement authorities towards blacks; tendency of some whites to intimidate blacks; efforts on part of some whites to prevent blacks from seeking economic advancement; inconsistency in law enforcement; tendency of young people from Johns Island to move to New York; negative social impact of city life on some young people from Johns Island who have moved away; the Progressive Club, its history and role in the community; moral hypocrisy on part of some black residents; prevalence of illegal distilling of whiskey on Johns Island; professional and financial success of Esau Jenkins

FT-3612: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with William Saunders in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 2 of 2

1. Guy Carawan (with input from Candie Carawan) interviews William Saunders (with occasional comments from Mrs. Saunders), continued from FT-3611 - discussion of tendency of people to be more active in religion as they grow older; perceived inconsistencies in moral teaching of local churches; young people's recreation; dancing; attitudes of Johns Island residents regarding pregnancies outside of marriage; relationship between religious faith and church membership; rarity of drug use on Johns Island; tendency of some young people who move away from Johns Island to become involved in drug use; frequency of gambling on Johns Island; various aspects of the tendency of young Johns Island natives to move away to cities, especially New York; social and economic effects of this tendency; attitudes of young people towards sacred music traditions of Johns Island; decontextualization of sacred music in concert performances by the Moving Star Hall Singers; unwillingness of many older people to discuss moral and social problems; importance of education, assertiveness in pursuing educational opportunities

2. Interview with Mr. Saunders continues -discussion of Moving Star Hall and young people's participation in it

FT-3613: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Singing by Janie Hunter, Ruth Bligen, and Mary Pinckney - Tape 1 of 2

-- This seems to have been recorded in someone's home (evidently Guy Carawan's home); it is not a concert performance or worship service.

1. Singers assemble, Guy Carawan arranges microphones, etc.

2. "Do Remember Me"

3. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"; "Steal Away"

4. "I've Been in the Storm So Long"; brief conversation

5. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face"; "Amazing Grace" (these two selections are sung to the same tune, "New Britain," without pause; the latter begins after one verse of the former)

6. "Water My Flowers"

FT-3614: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Singing by Janie Hunter, Ruth Bligen, and Mary Pinckney - Tape 2 of 2

-- Continuation of FT-3615

1. Conclusion of "Honey and a One-Cent Herring"

2. Discussion about what to sing next - Guy Carawan's comments suggest that this is to be a demonstration recording that will be sent to someone in California; the women are somewhat reluctant to sing blues songs on a recording (because some associate blues with sin)

3. One verse of "Louise"; further discussion

4. "Only Believe" - sung by Mrs. Bligen, with some harmonizing by one or both of the other singers

5. "Come on in the Ark" - call-and-response song in which Mrs. Bligen sings the "call" portions and the others sing the response: "it's gonna rain"

6. "He's All Right" - audio is somewhat distorted - Mrs. Hunter seems to be leading the singing

7. "Fix Me, Jesus"

8. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me, Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)"

9. "Little David, Play on Your Harp"

10. "See Moses, See Caleb (Tell Him to Meet Me)"

11. "Jonah Man"

12. "What You Gonna Do When Janie Leave You?" - sung by Mrs. Hunter; "Rock Me, Mama" - sung by one woman (difficult to tell which one) with some input from one or both of the others; one woman laughs but again expresses concern about how her fellow church members might react to the singing of these blues songs

13. "Look at the People Standing at the Judgment"

14. "Ask the Watchman How Long"

15. "Amazing Grace"

16. "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time"; "Sometimes I Wonder How I Get Over"; brief portion of "Row, Michael, Row"

FT-3615: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Joe Deas and Florence Smalls (with input from another woman, evidently Ruth Bligen) in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. "Amazing Grace" - sung by Florence Smalls and Ruth Bligen

2. Prayer spoken by Florence Smalls; "Amen" (the spiritual of that name) - led by Ruth Bligen

3. Joe Deas discusses socio-economic hardship of past years, including details of occupational practices and limited availability and variety of food; socio-economic progress of recent times; belief in God's Providence

4. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" - sung by Florence Smalls and Ruth Bligen

5. Another prayer by Florence Smalls, with bearing up by Ruth Bligen

6. Mr. Deas discusses the origins of Moving Star Hall; services provided by the Moving Star Society; Joe Bligen and Levy Green - two of the leading singers at Moving Star Hall; use of various talents in worship; farm work; fishing; economy; acquisition of food; economic progress; race relations; folk medicine; food preparation; schools; teachers; participants in worship at Moving Star Hall; possible origins of music sung in Moving Star Hall

FT-3616: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Joe Deas in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Interview with Joe Deas - discussion of fishing procedures; making nets, building boats and carts; economic changes; God's Providence in times of adversity; recreation in past decades; Mr. Deas' preaching in Moving Star Hall; fishing; hatred vs. tolerance; reliance of elderly people on government relief programs; limited availability of opportunities for economic advancement during Mr. Deas' youth; increased economic opportunities in recent years; importance of maintaining faith in one's later years; beliefs about Mr. Carawan's motivations; Mr. Deas' grandmother, a Native American and a slave; singing; Mr. Deas' knowledge of the Bible; subject matter for sermons; services at Wesley Methodist Church

FT-3617: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Esau Jenkins in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - evidently Tape 2 of 2, companion to FT-3618

1. Mr. Jenkins discusses quality of housing on Johns Island; jobs and economy; Mr. Jenkins' personal and educational background; the influence of Mr. Jenkins' decision to make certain that his children were well-educated upon other Johns Island residents

2. Tendency of local court system to be unfair to blacks in the past; establishment of the Progressive Club and its role in promoting fairness in the legal system; reactions against Mr. Jenkins' social and political activism

3. Mr. Jenkins' professional background; reluctance of Mr. Jenkins' father to antagonize people

4. Mr. Jenkins delivers an introductory commentary about singing in Moving Star Hall and its socio-cultural significance

5. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"; prayer and/or preaching, excerpted from a Moving Star Hall worship meeting

FT-3618: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interviews with Esau Jenkins and John Smalls in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 2 of interview with Mr. Jenkins

1. Guy Carawan interviews Esau Jenkins - Mr. Jenkins discusses his early motivations for involvement in community service and activism; tendency of some Johns Island natives who become educated and/or professionally successful to ignore or be embarrassed by their cultural heritage; importance of teaching young people about cultural heritage; positive character traits of older Johns Island residents

2. Roger Phenix interviews John Smalls - this is a follow-up from an earlier interview with Mr. Smalls conducted by Guy Carawan (FT-3626) - Mr. Smalls discusses the antecedents, origins, and future prospects of the Progressive Club; Mr. Smalls' work as a stevedore in Charleston; funeral practices prior to the availability of professional undertakers; voter registration; decline in frequency of worship opportunities; folk medicine; beliefs about paranormal phenomena; very brief excerpt from a recorded performance of "This Land Is Your Land"

FT-3620: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Belle Green in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Guy Carawan interviews Mrs. Green - discussion of Mrs. Green's late husband, Levy, who was well respected for his singing in Moving Star Hall; role of Moving Star Society in the community; farm work; economic adversity; Cedar Springs Church; Wesley Methodist Church; singing in Moving Star Hall; death of Levy Green

2. Mrs. Green discusses unfairness of white employers towards black employees; the Odd Fellows Hall (no longer in existence); singing at Moving Star Hall; Sanctified Church on Johns Island and its musical practices; testifying at Moving Star Hall

FT-3621: Selections apparently dubbed from an LP; field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - interview with Janie Hunter in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Blues guitar instrumental - evidently dubbed from an LP

2. "See See Rider" - evidently dubbed from an LP

3. "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer"

4. "You Talk Too Much" - seems to be a newly recorded performance (not a dub) by a guitarist and singer, possibly Roger Phenix

5. "Motherless Children" - seems to be a newly recorded performance (not a dub); same performer as in track 4 (possibly Roger Phenix)

6. "Hard, Ain't It Hard" - duet sung by two women with guitar and banjo in 1960s "folk revival" style

7. Another song by one of the same singers who performed track 6

8. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter - Importance of traditional sacred music to Mrs. Hunter's family; reputations of Joe Bligen (Mrs. Hunter's father) and Levy Green as singers; discussion of several songs and shouts

9. Further discussion of songs, including "Ask the Watchman How Long;" Moving Star Hall; Christmas Watch meetings; prayer meetings held in homes before establishment of Moving Star Hall; various aspects of local religious life; discussion of "Row, Michael, Row;" fishing practices; preparation of fish; discussion of several songs sung in Moving Star Hall; style of singing in Moving Star Hall; tendency of worshippers adapt songs to their distinct style; distinction between "hymns" and "spirituals" - numerous interruptions in the recording occur throughout track 9

10. "Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie" - seems to be another newly recorded performance by the same performer as in tracks 4 and 5 (possibly Roger Phenix)

11. "Johnny Cuckoo" - another newly recorded performance by the performer of tracks 4, 5, and 10, joined here by someone playing a washtub or something similar

12. "Poor Lazarus" - another newly recorded performance by the performer of tracks 4, 5, 10, and 11 - the tape seems to have been warped somewhat (some variability in pitch)

13. Brief excerpt from "Daniel Prayed" - evidently dubbed from an LP

FT-3622: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter - Mrs. Hunter tells a folk story about the divergent fortunes of two brothers; brief discussion of several songs

2. "Little Brown Brother" - sung by Mrs. Hunter; Mrs. Pinckney seems to join in at a few points

3. "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy?" - sung by Mrs. Hunter; Mrs. Pinckney seems to join in at some points

4. Brief discussion of songs

FT-3623: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interviews with Isabel Simmons and Alice Wine in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 1 of 3 of interview with Alice Wine

1. Setting up and testing recording equipment, etc.; small child sings briefly

2. "Sun Never Go Down" - sung by Mrs. Simmons; brief conversation

3. "Been in the Storm So Long" - sung by Mrs. Simmons; brief conversation

4. "Lay Down Body" - sung by Mrs. Simmons

5. "Amazing Grace" - sung by Mrs. Simmons

6. "Honey in the Rock" - sung by Mrs. Wine

7. "I Look Down the Road" - sung by Alice Wine

8. Brief discussion of "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" (or "Hold On, Christian Mourners") "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" ("Hold On") - sung by Alice Wine

9. Guy Carawan interviews Mrs. Wine - Mrs. Wine discusses testimony and prayer in worship; Mrs. Wine delivers a typical testimony; distinctions between class meetings and worship (preaching, praying, or testifying) meetings; role of Moving Star Society in the community

FT-3624: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Alice Wine (Tape 2 of 3 - continued from FT-3623); interview with Esau Jenkins in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Mrs. Wine continues discussion of Moving Star Society; importance of good moral conduct and the influence of one's conduct upon one's reputation and spiritual life

2. Mr. Jenkins discusses typical occupations of worshippers in Moving Star Hall; social and economic adversity; worship in Moving Star Hall as source of motivation to persevere; difficulty of traveling between Johns Island and Charleston years ago and improvements in transportation; boll weevil epidemics; truck farming (vegetable farming); other aspects of occupations and economy; economic improvements resulting from World War II and increased land ownership by blacks; changes in racial demographics on Johns Island; improvements in black voter registration; the Highlander Folk School's citizenship education program; Mr. Jenkins' candidacy for the local board of education and its effects; changes in race relations

3. Excerpt from meetings at Moving Star Hall (or possibly a service at Wesley Methodist Church at which the minister was not present): unidentified song; remarks by Esau Jenkins - audio quality and interruptions make remarks difficult to follow; remarks by John Smalls; "Stay on the Battlefield"; remarks/preaching by Esau Jenkins; remarks/preaching by another man; brief excerpts of preaching and singing

FT-3625: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with Alice Wine in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Tape 3 of 3

1. Guy Carawan interviews Mrs. Wine - Mrs. Wine discusses farm work; household work; Mrs. Wine's childhood and family; midwifery; raising children; housekeeping; the Progressive Club; the Moving Star Society; worship at church and Moving Star Hall; relationships between race and employment; sleep habits; voter registration; learning to read; the new Progressive Club building; leadership of Esau Jenkins; social and cultural effects of advances in technology and infrastructure; changes in racial demographics on Johns Island; increased availability of transportation to Charleston

FT-3626: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Interview with John Smalls (b. 1900) in preparation for Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews John Smalls - Mr. Smalls discusses his childhood and family; farm work, changes in agriculture on Johns Island during his lifetime; fishing practices; use of chimneys, kerosene lamps; storekeeping; boll weevil epidemic of 1919; work as a stevedore in Charleston; stevedore union in Charleston; Mr. Smalls' other work activities - vegetable farming, work at a fertilizer plant; establishment of Moving Star Society; class meetings/praise meetings held in participants' homes before Moving Star Hall was built; Mr. Smalls' role as sexton of Moving Star Hall; role of Joe Deas as selector of texts for preaching in Moving Star Hall; worship practices at Moving Star Hall; the late Joe Bligen and Levy Green - outstanding singers in Moving Star Hall

FT-3627: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Children's songs (many selections are more along the lines of chanted rhymes or "raps" than songs) sung by a group of children, with brief conversations between children and Roger Phenix and Robert Yellin - Tape 1 of 2

1. "Round the Green Apple Tree"; discussion with Roger Phenix - children say that this song is associated with a singing game

2. "Mary Mack"

3. "Goose Drank Wine"

4. "Little Sally Walker"

5. "Who Took the Cookie"; brief discussion among the children about correct text of song; song resumes

6. "Mama Lama Kuma Lama, Kuma La Bista" - several stops and starts at beginning

7. "Bluebird" - brief discussion about having learned this song at school

8. "Sally Go Round the Sun"

9. "Billy Banana" ("The Name Game Song" - pop song of the early 1960s); children say that they learned this from the radio

10. "Old Lady From Booster"

11. "Mr. Postman Die"

12. "London Bridge"

13. "Peas, Beans, Banana Seeds"

14. "Lazy Mary"

15. "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee") - children say that they sing this every morning at school

16. "Here We Go Loopty Lou" - children say that they learned this at school

17. "My Momma Told Me"

18. Unidentified song

19. Unidentified song

20. "That's a Lie"

21. "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

22. "Doctor, Doctor"

23. "Rubber Dolly"

24. "What You Gonna Do"

25. "Mo and Jo" ["Moe and Joe"?]

26. "I Got a Sister Named Nat"

FT-3628: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Children's songs, etc., continued from FT-3627 - Tape 2 of 2

1. Several starts and stops, discussion

2. "Two Lovers"; more starts and stops, discussion, etc.

3. "What's the Matter With You, Baby"

4. Interview conducted by Roger Phenix with Yvonne Hunter, Christina Hunter, Rosa Lee Pinckney, Mary Pinckney, Alfreida [last name unintelligible], Arthur Pinckney - all young school children (lower grades) - discussion of school; professional aspirations; songs and singing games; household work; more about learning songs; church; Moving Star Hall

5. "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"; discussion of children's favorite popular songs and singers; dancing, learning dances

6. "Oh, Greenfield Roxy"

7. Further discussion with Roger Phenix and Robert Yellin; Roger Phenix serves cake and ice cream to the children; discussion of eating habits; housework; children ask where Guy Carawan is, Mr. Phenix explains that Mr. Carawan is participating in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights March in Alabama; discussion of living arrangements; swimming; summer recreation; farm work; ghosts

FT-3629: Field recordings from Johns Island, S.C. - Edited excerpts from miscellaneous interviews (primarily songs and stories)

1. Selection from interview with Janie Hunter - folk story about why crabs' backs turn red when boiled - recording begins after Mrs. Hunter has begun telling the story

2. "Shoot Turkey" - children's song - sung and discussed by Benjamin Bligen

3. Benjamin Bligen discusses a humorous code "language" that he and some of his friends used when they were children; folk rhymes and children's stories

4. Rev. James Grant discusses "jack-o-lanterns" (paranormal lights)

5. "Johnny Cuckoo" - Janie Hunter

6. "Little Sally Walker" - Mary Pinckney

7. "Few More Days, My Work Will Be Done" - Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter

8. "Down on Me" - Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter

9. "I Remember When I Was Very Young" - Mary Pinckney

10. "Sun Never Go Down" - Ruth Bligen with Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter

11. Selection from interview with Janie Hunter - Mrs. Hunter discusses socio-economic progress among African Americans and the role of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration therein; President Hoover's administration and its shortcomings, as perceived by Mrs. Hunter; Mrs. Hunter sings "What More Could Mr. Hoover Do?" - satirical song written and sung by Johns Islanders

12. "Motherless Child" - Mary Pinckney

13. Selection from interview with Mary Pinckney - Mrs. Pinckney discusses Michael Brown, an elderly resident of Johns Island; Mr. Brown's belief in ghosts

FT-3630: Field recording from Johns Island, S.C. - Songs (many of them children's songs) and stories

1. "Row, Michael,