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O brother, dont quit praying ; Don't quit praying; Goin' to f l y away to Heaven like a feather in the air,

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voice Mrs. Charlotte Stephens 1320 Bishop Street L i t t l e Rock, Arkansas May 17, 1951 Collected by Irene Carlisle Reel 119 Item 1 DON'T QUIT PRAYING Goin' to f l y away to Heaven like a feather in the air, A feather in the air, like a feather in the air; Goin' to f l y away to heaven like a feather in the air; Goin' to f l y away to heaven by and by. Oh, brother, don't quit praying, praying, praying; Oh, brother, don't quit praying; goin' to f l y away to heaven by and by. Goin' to f l y away to heaven like a feather, etc. Oh, leader, don't quit praying, etc. Goin' to f l y away to heaven like a feather, etc. "You can imagine how that went.. .We were the greatest lovers of them. ..And some of our men sang tenor, just naturally, as some of us sing alto naturally; and some of 'em sang bass—like a trombone! Oh, i t would just be beautiful! To hear them sing it! They'd come into that interlude at "He arose, He arose." Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Carlisle, Irene JonesParler, Mary Celestia
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1951 05 17
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. African American Musicians
  3. African Americans
  4. Heaven
  5. Prayer
  6. Religion
  7. Spirituals
  8. Spirituals (Songs)

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