"This May Be My Last Time" (also known as "This May Be The Last Time") African American Gospel Song & Ring Shout)

KATHY PHELPS, Nov 11, 2010

Mt Ramah Primitive Baptist Association 2010 Beauty Grove P.B. Church, Thomaston, GA
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The word "primitive" in that Christian denomination's name means "first" or earliest formed".
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/09/down-home-old-school-black-african.html for the pancocojams post "Down Home, Old School, Black (African American) Primitive Baptist Church Singing (video, information, & comments)."

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the African American composed Gospel song "This May Be My Last Time". This old school Southern African American Gospel song is also known as "This May Be The Last Time".

This post also includes the song lyrics of this rendition of "This May Be My Last Time" and a few selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for religious, historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

I'm interested in documenting not just what is sung but how the call & response way the song is sung and how the pastor and the congregation moved while singing this song.  

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unknown composer/s of this song. Thanks to all those who are shown in this video and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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This video has been added to this 2012 pancocojams post: African American Ring Shouts (Origins & Video Examples) https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/african-american-ring-shouts-origins.html

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LYRICS - THIS MAY BE MY LAST TIME
(unknown composer/s

This transcriptions is as the sung was sung by Mt Ramah Primitive Baptist Association in the video that is shown above)

Refrain: (sung by the Leader and the Congregation)

This may be my last time
This may be my last time
This may be my last time
Well, This may be the last time
I don't know.

(Repeat entire refrain several times)

VERSES*
These lyrics aren't sung in any particular order. 

Leader:
"This may be the last time. It may be the last."

"This may be the last time you treat me wrong."

"I just don't know I just don't know."

"This may be the last time you me hear me crying."

"This may be the last time you shake my hand."

Congregation:
"This may be my last time. I don't know."

*Example:
Leader: This may be the last time. It may be the last 
Congregation- It may be the last time. I don't know.
Leader: This may be the last time. It may be the last 
Congregation- It may be the last time. I don't know.
Leader: (Well) This may be the last time. It may be the last 
Congregation- It may be the last time. I don't know.

OR
The Leader may sing more than one of these lines in a verse before the Leader and the Congregation return to the refrain. The rendition can last for an unspecified time and verses can be introduced by the Leader or by a new Leader. However, the song always ends with the refrain.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMuEWqraMTw

1.@realjag67, 2014
"Oh how wonderful to hear this song. Got me through many a bad times!"

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2. @LillieFuseWilliams, 2015
"Isn't it great that they don't just stand and watch as entertainment.  Everybody men, women, young, old, participate and enjoy!!"

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3. @PatsBooks, 2015
"It's called the ring shout.  Research it.  See how James Brown took this sacred song a nd
secularize it.  He on YouTube singing it."

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4. @lydiaboyd7629, 2022
"The point is that the ring shout is a very important and historical way are ancestors would praise God. Deep spiritual roots, originating in Africa."

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5. @Aunty_Yo, 2015
"Anyone know why they circle in the front?"

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6. @cottonmaxwell8, 2015
"they go around in a circle rocking"

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7. @PatsBooks, 2015
"It's the ring shout."

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8. @mssmmns, 2019
"This form of praise in a circle is prevalent in many West African, Caribbean, and South Carolina Gullah religious ceremonies. This our roots, sis!"

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9. @LillieFuseWilliams, 2015
"Sometime it's good to back home.  Cause it may be the last time.  The circle and rock could be a way of being in the number and become a part of the praise. As today's waving . A church back  then could ROCK!"

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10. @carimerriweather1190, 2018
"Love it!!!"

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11. @Tboyd-4, 2021
"Yes, the macon rock as my mom calls it. She's from macon. Ga"

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12. @maryoyewole4993, 2016
"unfortunately some of the youngsters are changing this old time Primitive Baptist to what they call "Progressive" with their drums, guitars, pianos, the noise that clouds, this real authentic sound. All these folks had a hardwood floor, the clapping hands"

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13. @resah18
"Ashé!!!  May the ancestors be praised!  May God be glorified!"

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14. @edloniaconner4069, 2022
"This is the singing I grew up with oh my goodness that's singing"

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15.@CatchTheFishy93, 2018
"I know this song in creek. Didnt realize it was a song in English too!"
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"Creek"= a Native American (Indian) language. Several commenters wrote in this discussion thread that their relatives were Native American and/or they also were part of the infamous "Trail Of  Tears" when Native Americans from the South were forced to relocate to Oklahoma.  

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16.@v.dargain1678, 2019
"A Cappella . The best way to sing a hymn ."

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17. @pawilliams6725, 2020
"This is called having church. The spirit of the Lord is in the house. Today's worship service is not like this"

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18. @missbritt288, 2020
"The song is a very old baptist hymn it is sung by both black baptist and also White Appalachians , there a song with the same melody common in Appalachian folklore called "Oh Death" It shows how far reaching African spirituality is within the heart of American worship life ,and its a true common denominator - This is American roots music as pure as you can get"

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19. @cynthiahoward9615, 2020
"Yes Yes Yes indeed and I don't know!!! I remembered this ole time religion singing and dancing 😂😂😂 my grandma's,moma auntee's use to hymn sing have good church seem like it was all day and then it was time to eat that good ole fashion home cooked 😋 food.i didn't understand back then but by God grace and mercy today wooow 😯 it's a pleasure to think back and a blessing to go far back in to time like That 😂😊😊... County Times!!! #Thatswussup??? My my my Lord"

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20. @kimmimeekins9334, 2021
"Oh my…. This brings back so many good memories of my childhood years, in my Baptist church…. All  A cappella singing. Such down  home soulful songs..good old fashioned Baptist churches didn’t need music….glory to GOD! Hallelujah!🙏🏾"

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21. @joandmims5538, 2021
"Love it. I remember the deacons singing this in church."

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22. @flaboi9523, 2022
"This song popped in my head today and had to search...this reminds me of my early days at church in Pensacola Florida...Mars hills Baptist Church..the older people use to kill it!..no instruments, just good ol clapping,feet stomping and "sanging"...miss this!!!!..."

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23. @living2liveagain1, 2023
"I miss my youthful days at Shady Grove AME Zion, where my Aunt Molly on the piano belting out hymnals like this. FOOT STOMPING, HAND CLAPPING JOY"

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24. @Martin-e1j, 2023
"That baptist stomp"

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25. @JasperRuffin, 2023
"Back in the 80s, We sang like this at my dad's church when the organist had other obligations and couldn't make it to service.

We may have sounded like we were on the plantation try'na get away from massa, but MAAN, you could sho nuff feel the spirit.

I miss those days!!

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26. @ReginaRoss-rh5to,2023
"I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS IN CHURCH.... I MISS THAT..."

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27. @jackieborden5041, 2023
"Oh yes I am seventy give years old and I remember this song from down I Louisiana and Arkansas. It will never get old."

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28. @MsJeanette46, 2023
"This is my type of church old school no musicians"

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29. @Magnolia5, 2023
"Hallelujah💜For me this will never be old.  Reminds me of my early childhood and young adult days.  My beginnings was in a Primitive Baptist Church.  I reminisce now a lot about those days, singing in A cappella , washing feet and prayer meetings.  So many traditions that are now absent from church worship.  Prayer was constant!!!"

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30. @christiansgrandma6812, 2023
"Where is this church located? I need to get there 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ We used to March around like that during testimonial midweek service. Miss those days. I'm so so grateful for that time. We kids enjoyed going to service. We were tucked in the back with the other kids with the olddest ursher lady,coloring and getting in trouble. Yet when they began to sing and stump, we were right there, singing, clapping and jumping.😊"
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Several commenters wrote that this church is located in Georgia (which is located in the southern region of the United States.)

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31. @mystaco, 2024
"I can hear the ladies’ heels hitting the wood floor & the pews bending from the rocking.  I’m 45 years old but this is how Devotion and testimony service would start.   Pastor would come out of the study and sit beside the deacons just smiling."

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32. @lillianwilliams5510, 2024
"We sang this as civil rights movement .

College students marching  and knowing we could possibly beaten, but surely going to jail."

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33. @earnestinereagan7490, 2024
"Don't let the young people change this song. I really like it."

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34. @moniquecooper1423, 2024
"Can someone  post the words to the sing please"

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35. @lillianwilliams5510, 2024
"If you listen.  It may be my last time.  It is FREEDOM Movement song.

Students and older people marching for civil rights.

 

GOOGLE  slave songs and Black Heritage songs.

Mostly sung in the South but also  in many city churches "

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36. @seikojones1491, 2025
"This is the type of gospel I love listening too."

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37. @BigSteve90473, 2025
"I’m 50 years old. This was a regular song during devotion. I was baptized at age 4 under Rev. Dr. S.W. Williams, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Buffalo, NY"

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38. @deeerv4905, 2025
"I didnt know yall got down like that up there in NY.  Praise God!!!"

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39.@marqj2781, 2025
"That synchronized dip they all doing , good country church"

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Sweet Honey In The Rock- "Ella’s Song: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest Until It Comes" (Video, Lyrics, & Information)

Geepereet  Dec 2, 2008

Words won't do so you'll have to listen..........

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This pancocojams post showcases the song "Ella's Song: We Who Believe In Freedom Can Not Rest (Until It Comes".

A 2008 YouTube video of of the a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock performing this song is included in this post along with the lyrics for that song.

This post also presents information about Civil Rights leader Ella Baker as well as information about the "Ella's Song" and information about Sweet Honey In The Rock.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Ella Baker for her legacy and thanks to Sweet Honey In The Rock for their legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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Click https://civilrightssongs.blogspot.com/2014/12/sweet-honey-in-rock-ellas-song-we-who.html
for a 2014 post about this song on pancocojams' sister blog "Civil Rights Songs".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
" "Ella’s Song: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest Until It Comes" is a contemporary protest song  that was composed by Bernice Johnson Reagon for the a capella African American heritage vocal group Sweet Honey In the Rock.

Here's a quote from Nan Dillard's review of "Ella Song" on http://ellabakercenter.org/blog/2013/12/ellas-song-we-who-believe-in-freedom-cannot-rest-until-it-comes :
["Ella’s Song: “We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Until it Comes”] "is an anthem, a meditation on the ultimate lesson of the freedom fight passed down generationally by Ms. Ella herself that is meant to be spoken boldly out loud or under one’s breath as the situation demands to empower both purpose and resolve."

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INFORMATION ABOUT ELLA BAKER
Here's information about Ella Baker, the civil rights activist whose life work inspired this song:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Baker
" "Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and  human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned over five decades. She worked alongside some of the most famous civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King, Jr. She also mentored many emerging activists such as Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks, and Bob Moses. She was a critic of professionalized, charismatic leadership and a promoter of grassroots organizing and radical democracy.[1] She has been called "One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
From http://sweethoneyintherock.org/
"Sweet Honey In The Rock® is a performance ensemble rooted in African American history and culture. The ensemble educates, entertains and empowers its audience and community through the dynamic vehicles of a cappella singing and American Sign Language interpretation for the Deaf and hearing impaired. Sweet Honey’s audience and community comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures throughout the United States and around the world, and includes people of all ages, economic/education/social backgrounds, political persuasions, religious affiliations, sexual preferences and differing abilities."....

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LYRICS: ELLA'S SONG: WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CANNOT REST UNTIL IT COMES

(Composed by Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1988)

 

We who believe in freedom cannot rest

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes

 

Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons

Is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers' sons

 

That which touches me most

Is that I had a chance to work with people

Passing on to others that which was passed on to me

 

To me young people come first

They have the courage where we fail

And if I can but shed some light as they carry us through the gale

 

The older I get the better I know that the secret of my going on

Is when the reins are in the hands of the young, who dare to run against the storm

 

Not needing to clutch for power

Not needing the light just to shine on me

I need to be one in the number as we stand against tyranny

 

Struggling myself don't mean a whole lot, I've come to realize

That teaching others to stand up and fight is the only way my struggle survives

 

I'm a woman who speaks in a voice and I must be heard

At times I can be quite difficult, I'll bow to no man's word

We who believe in freedom cannot rest

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes

 

Source: https://genius.com/Sweet-honey-in-the-rock-ellas-song-lyrics

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The Early 20th Century Christmas Song "Behold the Star" (With Information About Its African American Composer Dr. Thomas W. Talley)

Khaleesi Newton, Feb 13, 2014

Creative Impressions in its 2013 Annual Behold the Star Concert singing its featured song "Behold the Star."

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This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube videos of the Christmas song "Behold That Star". Information about that song is presented in this post along with the lyrics for that song.

This post also showcases a YouTube video of Dr. Thomas W. Talley, the composer of "Behold That Star" and presents the full reprint of Dr. Talley's Wikipedia page.

The content of this post is presented for historical, religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Dr. Thomas W. Talley for his creativity and for his cultural contributions.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these showcase videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. ️️️

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "BEHOLD THAT STAR" (With the original song lyrics)
From https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Behold_that_star_(Thomas_W._Talley)

..."General Information

Title: Behold That Star

Composer: Thomas W. Talley

Lyricist: Thomas W. Talley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Spiritual

 

Language: English

Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1922

Description: Original melody, text and harmony composed by Thomas W. Talley in an unknown year in the early 20th century. First published in 1922 by YWCA New York in "Folk Songs of Many Peoples," Vol. II.

External websites:

Hymns & Carols of Christmas

Original text and translations

First published text (1922) English.png English text

Behold that star!

Behold that star up yonder!

Behold that star!

It is the star of Bethlehem.

 

There was no room found in the inn,

This is the star of Bethlehem,

For Him who was born free from sin.

This is the star of Bethlehem.

(Refrain)

 

The Wise Men came on from the East,

To worship Him, the Prince of Peace.

(Refrain)

 

A song broke forth upon the night,

From angel hosts all robed in white.

(Refrain)"....

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Morehouse/Spelman Choirs - Behold The Star

mikep793, Dec 13, 2010

Christmas Concert

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Thomas Talley



Everyday Black History, Jul 17, 2018

This video is about Thomas Talley. One of the first Black Men to receive a Ph.D and very influential to many other Black American Men and Women in the science field. He also collected Black Folk Music that open peoples minds to Black American music and Verse.

REFERENCES. 

"Thomas W. Talley Collection Papers, 1891–1951" (PDF). Fisk University. Retrieved February 24, 2015."...

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FULL REPRINT OF THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THOMAS W. TALLEY (without references/notes)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Talley [retrieved December 23, 2024]

"Thomas Washington Talley (October 9, 1868 – July 11, 1952) was a chemistry professor at Fisk University and a collector of African American folk songs.

Early life and education

Thomas Washington Talley was born on October 9, 1868, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He was one of eight children born to former slaves, Charles Washington and Lucinda Talley.[1]

Talley attended public school for six years, followed by high school and college at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he received an A.B. in 1890 and a master's degree in 1893. Starting in 1888 he participated in the Fisk music program, singing with the New Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Mozart Society, as well as the Fisk Union Church. He also conducted the Fisk choir for a number of seasons.[2]

Talley received a Doctor of Science degree from Walden University in 1899. After completing his doctorate, Talley went on to participate in post graduate programs at Harvard University in 1914 and 1916. He completed his dissertation at the University of Chicago years later in 1931, at the age of 61.[1] The title of his dissertation is Theories relating to the constitution of the boron hydrides.[3]

Interests

Chemistry

Talley held teaching positions at several black colleges: Alcorn A&M College in Lorman, Mississippi, in 1891; at Florida A&M in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1893; and Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1900.[2]

From 1903 to 1942, Talley taught chemistry and biology at Fisk University.[1] He also chaired the chemistry department at Fisk for 25 years.[2] Talley-Brady Hall on Fisk's campus is named for Thomas Talley and St. Elmo Brady, another Fisk alumnus and chemist who was a student of Talley's.[4]

Negro Folk Rhymes (Wise and Otherwise)

Talley began collecting rural black folk songs later in his life. Talley's first collection, published in 1922, Negro Folk Rhymes (Wise and Otherwise) contained 349 secular folksongs and spirituals. Already being well-known as the first such collection assembled by an African-American scholar,[2] the book was seen at the time as a "masterpiece of the field".[5] It was not only the first compilation of African-American secular folk songs, but also of folk songs of any kind from Tennessee.[2] An edited edition of Negro Folk Rhymes was re-released in 1991. Additional published works about music by Talley include The Origin of Negro Traditions and A Systematic Chronology of Creation.[1]

The publication of Negro Folk Rhymes marked a turning point in the study of African-American verse. Before its publication, little note had been taken of black secular traditions. Talley's book, along with a later collection by Howard Odum and Guy Johnson, called attention to these works.[6]

Personal life

Talley married Ellen Eunice Roberts on August 28, 1899. The couple had two daughters."
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This page makes no mention of Dr. Thomas W. Talley composing the Christmas song "Behold That Star".

Click https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27195/27195-h/27195-h.htm for the full ebook of Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book Negro Folk Rhymes (Wise and Otherwise).

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(1940 Blues Song) Vera Hall - Another Man Done Gone (information, sound file, & comments)

frantz1, Uploaded on Jun 12, 2011

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This pancocojams post provides some information about the African American song "Another Man Done Gone".

This post also provides information about Vera Hall and showcases a YouTube sound file of Vera Hall singing the song "Another Man Done Gone". Selected comments from that sound file's discussion thread are also included in this post .

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/09/odetta-another-man-done-gone-sound-file.html for a companion post of Odetta singing "Another Man Done Gone".

The content of this post is presented for cultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer of this song, and thanks to Vera Hall for her musical legacy. Thanks also to the collectors of this song, the publisher of this example on YouTube, and all those who are quoted in this post.

Also, thanks to Black Lives Matter and all those who are working for systemic change of the United States' criminal justice system.
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Some of the content of this post was originally published on pancocojams in 2015. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/09/vera-hall-another-man-done-gone-sound.htm for that post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT VERA HALL
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Hall
"Adell Hall Ward, better known as Vera Hall (April 6, 1902 – January 29, 1964)[1] was an American folk singer, born in Livingston, Alabama.[2] Best known for her song "Trouble So Hard", she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 2005.[3]

...John Avery Lomax, ethnomusicologist, met Hall in the 1930s and recorded her for the Library of Congress.[2] Lomax wrote that she had the loveliest voice he had ever recorded.[citation needed] The BBC played Hall's recording of "Another Man Done Gone" in 1943 as a sample of American folk music. The Library of Congress played the song the same year in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1945, Hall recorded with Byron Arnold. In 1984, the recordings were released as a collection of folk songs entitled Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy."...

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INFORMATION AND LYRICS "ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE"
From http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=151284 "another man done gone to the county farm", posted by Fred McCormick, 24 Jun 13 - 11:58 AM ,
"Another Man Done Gone was collected from the magnificent Vera Hall Ward of Livingstone, Alabama in 1940 by John Lomax and in 1947 by Alan Lomax. A third recording of her singing it dates from 1950 and was collected by Harold Courlander.

It appears to be a pretty rare song and the only other version of it I've been able to trace was recorded by Harold Courlander from Willie Harris, also of Livingstone, Alabama, again in 1950.*

The text of Mrs Hall's 1940 recording is as follows.

Another man done gone x3
From the County farm,
Another man done gone.

I didn't know his name x4

He had a long chain on x4

He killed another man x4

I don't know where he's gone x4

I'm gonna walk your log (?) x4.

Clearly, as far as Vera Hall's text is concerned, the song is about a prisoner breaking out of the county farm, or conceiveably dying while inside, rather than someone being sent to prison.

You can find it on Rounder CD 1500, A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings. It also appears on the Alan Lomax produced radio programme, Blues in the Mississippi Night."
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"the county farm" = the county prison

Read comments about the meaning of "I'm gonna walk your log" and "walk your load" -an alternative transcription for that line- that are found below in the selected comments from in this sound file.
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*Here's an excerpt from a 2013 online article that cites other recordings of the song "Another Man Done Gone"

From https://www.knkx.org/post/another-man-done-gone-powerful-tale-woe-chain-gang

"Another Man Done Gone" - a powerful tale of woe on a chain gang" by John Kessler, APR 19, 2013
"Repression of African Americans didn’t stop at the end of the Civil War, and prisons and chain gangs were full of black people arrested for minor violations. This song, “Another Man Done Gone”, tells of the death of a man on one of those chain gangs.

Folklorist Alan Lomax recorded Vera Hall singing “Another Man Done Gone” in 1940, and praised her as having the "loveliest untrained voice [he] had ever recorded."

She sang spirituals and folk songs as well as blues, and is one of the prominent singers from the Depression-era South. Her songs have been performed by Johnny Cash and John Mayall, and her song “Trouble So Hard” was integral to techno-artist Moby’s 1999 multi-platinum single “Natural Blues”.

Her unaccompanied vocal recording of “Another Man Done Gone” is haunting and unforgettable.

New Orleans soul singer Irma Thomas recreated “Another Man Done Gone” on her 2006 cd After The Rain, adding verses related to the destruction in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina.

Harmonica ace Sugar Blue recorded the song in 2006 with just voice voice, harp and drums as a fast paced, acoustic boogie. In live shows, he stretches out a bit more"...

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Some commenters in that article's discussion thread also noted that Odetta also recorded this song.
A commenter in that article and in the discussion thread for this YouTube song file shared that "Blind Willie Johnson's wife Angeline sings this on an LP with some Blind Willie songs one side, her being interviewed on the other."...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SHOWCASE SONG FILE'S DISCUSSION THREADhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=749523cHwyc
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Joseph Cowie, 2013

"This actually brought tears to my eyes, with it's beauty. Such a time capsule of that era"

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2. jacksawhavocm, 2014

"I understand all the lyrics but the last verse. "im gonna work your log" ? "im gonna walk your law" ???"
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REPLY3. MerlePsyA, 2014
"I'm gonna walk your log -- It means crossing a river, near the waterfall, walking over a fallen log that spans the river. Other versions say, "I'm gonna walk your log down by the waterfall". walking the log is the escape route."
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REPLY4. jacksawhavoc, 2014
"Wow that's great thank you for sharing your knowledge :)"

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5. Ahhh800, 2015
"what does walk your log mean in this context ?"
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6. Enoch524, 2015
"@Ahhh800 Not sure if she says log or load but I'm pretty sure its a tribute to the man in "chains" who died as in saying she is going to "walk his load" as in work for him or continue his work/acknowledge his existence or "walk his log"  meaning continuing his legacy/work/burden in a sense.

Before singing "walk your log/load" she says "I don't know where he's gone" so it could also mean that since he is gone she is going to have "work/walk his load/log" as in pick up his slack making her carry his burden.

A very powerful and haunting song in my opinion."
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7. Carl Fredriksson, 2016
"+1doom777 I think your right. and I'm pretty sure it's load, beautiful acapella"

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8. Sam Spade, 2017
"She says, "I'm gonna walk your load". I think it means that she will take up the dead man's burden."
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9. Carl Fredriksson, 2017
"@Sam Spade yes, thats right"

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10. MerlePsyA, 2015

"The first recording of this song is of Vera Hall, collected by Alan Lomax.  She sings "He killed another man".  Later versions have a different edge, a different meaning -- "They killed another man"."

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11. Paul N., 2016
"BEAUTIFUL Voice I can feel her pain!"
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12. Monotone, 2017
"Does anyone else think this has a striking similarity to 'Baby Please Don't Go'? Same melody, reoccurring lyrics about county farms, long chains on etc. I believe these songs have the same origin, Hall must have heard somebody sing a version of this that inspired her to sing it, however I haven't found anywhere that connects the two songs sadly." -snip- Here's information about the Blues song "Baby Please Don't Go" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_Please_Don%27t_Go " "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a traditional blues song that was popularized by Delta blues musician Big Joe Williams in 1935. Many cover versions followed, and the song has been described by French music historian Gérard Herzhaft^[1] as "one of the most played, arranged, and rearranged pieces in blues history"."...

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13. Jude Foote, 2019
"True true blues not doctored in any way this is real stuff sung from the heart with real feeling and painxxxx" ** 14. Kamaar Taliaferro, 2019 "Anybody know... Had this melody been adopted by blues guitar players? Usually in songs titled something like "baby don't go" or some such," **** Thanks for visiting pancocojams. Visitor comments are welcome.

Handclapping & Beatboxing In Church Of Christ Worship Services (videos & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part series on African American Church of Christ music traditions.

Part III provides information about beatboxing and excerpts from a 2014 reddit.com discussion about the subject of beatboxing in Church of Christ worship services. (No indication was made in that discussion about the race of the people attending the churches mentioned.) That discussion also referred to two videos of religious beatboxing. Those two videos are also included in this post.

This post also showcases two examples of beatboxing (b-boxing) during African American and during Anglo-American Church of Christ praise singing. Selected discussion thread comments about handclapping during the worship service and religious beatboxing are also included in this post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/seven-examples-of-african-american.html for Part II showcases several YouTube examples of African American Church of Christ a capella singing, song leader, and praise team singing. Selected comments from some of the discussion threads of these videos are also included in that post. This post doesn't include song lyrics.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/african-american-church-of-christ.html for Part I of this series. Part I features an excerpt from Lamont Ali Francies' 2013 University of San Francisco, School of Education's doctoral dissertation entitled "An Exploration of Worship Practices at an African American Church of Christ." This excerpt focuses on church traditions and possibly changing attitudes regarding hand clapping, foot patting, and the display of emotions in African American Church of Christ congregations. This excerpt also addresses attitudes regarding the a cappella singing, praise and worship teams, and song leaders in African American Churches of Christ.

Additional examples of Church of Christ singing will be showcased in other pancocojams posts. Click the "Church of Christ" tag below for those posts.

Note: The designation "Church of Christ" (CoC) isn't the same as the designation "Church of God In Christ" (COGIC).

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Thanks to the composers of these songs and thanks to all those who are featured in the videos that are embedded in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT BEAT BOXING (B-BOXING)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatboxing
"Beatboxing (also beat boxing or b-boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum beats using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve vocal imitation of turntablism, and other musical instruments. Beatboxing today is connected with hip-hop culture, often referred to as "the fifth element" of hip-hop, although it is not limited to hip-hop music.[1][2] The term "beatboxing" is sometimes used to refer to vocal percussion in general...

History

...Techniques similar to beatboxing have been present in many American musical genres since the 19th century, such as early rural music, both black and white, religious songs, blues, ragtime, vaudeville, and hokum. Few examples are the Appalachian technique of eefing and the blues song Bye bye bird written and performed by the harmonica player Alex or Aleck Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II...

Origins in hip hop

The term "beatboxing" is derived from the mimicry of the first generation of drum machines, then known as beatboxes. "Human beatboxing" in hip-hop originated in 1980s. Its early pioneers include Doug E. Fresh, the self-proclaimed first "human beatbox"...

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EXCERPT FROM REDDIT.COM DISCUSSION THREAD (including two video examples)
From https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/2rzedq/church_of_christ_goers_where_instruments_are/ Church of Christ goers where instruments are forbidden, would beat boxing be allowed? submitted, 2014 by kutNpaste
"There was a thread here recently where a few CoC people were talking about how strict their Church's views on baptism and instruments in the church are and how those views sometimes drive younger people away. While it may seem tasteless, or in bad form, is there anything Biblically forbidding beat boxing in the church? Could beatboxing replace the instrumentals in traditional hymns?
Example: http://youtu.be/agkuT7a_IdY"
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Here’s that video:
Hannah and Curtis- "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" Beatbox Style


wingsofwaxonhannah, Uploaded on Nov 10, 2009

Bryn Athyn College Chapel with a new twist on music. Classic Hymn meets Beat Box style (and check out our Charity in Action Shirts!) in praise and worship.

[anonymous represented by a hypen], 2014
"So, this answer is cross-denominational and not really specific to CoC:

Depending on the church, music's style can sometimes work against its intended function. For example, in some worship services, the content is special or unusual in various ways, and that characteristic helps underscore the sense that church is sacred, that it is separate from the everyday.

... you're likely to encounter two objections to beatboxing in many churches, not just CoC: (1) it falls outside of the usual characteristics of what they would consider appropriate music for church, and (2) it means a whole set of other things that don't fit into their view of church, either."

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ThunderCrab, 2014
"I spent the first 18 years of my life in the church of Christ and going to a church of Christ high school, so here's what I have experienced. Because each church is self governing, it will really depend on which church you are at. For example, my grandparents go to a very traditional CoC, and because they have been singing the same hymns for the last 50 years, so they would see beatboxing as an attempt to bring the secular world into the church, and may even see it as immature. My school and church at home, on the other hand, tend to lean towards the "non-denominational" churches of Christ (meaning they tend to use newer worship songs over the old hymns, and are less strict on the instrument rules"), and used beat boxing. For example, at my school, we had a "varsity" choir who used beat boxing at many events.

Personally, I'm not a fan of beatboxing. I say if you are going to imitate the sounds of instruments, I say just bring in the instruments because it will always sound better, and I'm quite biased cause I grew up loving loving the old hymns and I am not a fan of some of the new "pop" worship songs."

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[anonymous represented by a hyphen], 2014
..."Beatboxing at the churches I grew up would have gotten you side eyed during service and probably admonished afterwards."

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Mozen, 2014
"How is your voice not an instrument already? And how do you deal with versus like Psalm 150:5 "praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals." or other versus talking about using instruments to praise God?"

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ThunderCrab, 2014
"To answer that you have to go back to the beliefs that the Church of Christ and other churches that emerged from American Restoration movement were founded on. Basically, the founders of the Church of Christ looked around and came to the belief that all these different creeds that all these different churches had were unbiblical and did nothing but distorted Christ's vision of the church. So they decided the only way to restore the early church was to only look at what is described in the New Testament. There is no mention of the use of instruments in the New Testament, therefore to use them is unbiblical."

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havearemotecontrol, 2014
"Technically, yes. I grew up in very strict Churches of Christ, and this was generally acceptable at youth rallies that featured acapella music groups. However, in my experience, it was something that there were just unspoken rules about (clapping also fell into this category). These were things that were totally cool in youth-oriented events and perhaps in special, non-Sunday worship events, but no one ever seemed to even consider in normal church services. I never heard anyone talk about the principles behind this. It was just the way things were.

More than anything, though, you NEED to see this wonderful gem from the 80s/early 90s.

It has beatboxing.

It has mullets.

It has baggy pants with elastic waistbands.
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Here’s that video:
AVB - A Song In My Soul



The Acappella Company, Uploaded on Jan 24, 2009

Wes McKenzie - Bass Jarel Jay Smith - Baritone and Vocal Percussion Danny Elliot - 2nd Tenor Bret Testerman - Baritone Terry Cheatman - 1st Tenor In this place where Acappella sings Well On My Way.

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Church of ChristHUmarWhitill, 2014
"I a youth minister in a CofC. Typically beatboxing is "ok" but not really done at any of the churches I've been at. Like no one will complain if it was done at a youth thing but would not be a fan of it happening all the time or in Sunday morning service. As mentioned by u/a_p_carter_year_b there isnt a desire for it on a typical sunday worship because it doesn't "fit" in most older members characteristics of church songs. While I personally have no problem with instruments our "traditional hymns" don't have anything that really needs replaced with beatboxing especailly since most CofC only have one person leading and no one mic'd to hear if they were beatboxing."

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Church of ChristLucasWG, 2014
"Just like a lot of others have mentioned, it's most likely going to depend on which church you are at. I know for example a lot of CoC don't typically clap during worship services, but at mine we have always clapped after a baptism. I think most members of my church believe, at least in part, that instruments could be distracting from the meaning of the hymns. If beatboxing could be seen as having that same effect, then there would most likely be at least a few people that wouldn't feel comfortable with it. I think it'd be interesting to hear, but I don't know that I would personally want to listen to it a lot anyways, especially during worship service haha." ...

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FEATURED VIDEOS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH OF CHRIST PRAISE TEAMS
Example #1: Chris Turner - Let The Spirit of The Lord



humbleisdaway Uploaded on Dec 18, 2011

must see tv. chris performing let it rise at the newark church of christ during the easternaires annual end of the year concert.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread. These comments are given in relative chronological order based on the year that they were published with the oldest dated comment by year given first. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2013
1. alibjohn
"saaang Bro.!!!"

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2. msdonna2008
"It was mentioned in a comment that someone remembered him from St. Augustine COGIC. Being a COC member myself, this is definitely COC singing. I wonder if the person meant COC and not COGIC."
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COC= Church Of Christ; COGIC= Church Of God In Christ
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Chris Turner is a Church Of Christ song leader.

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2014
3. patientz430
"I'm just curious, but did the Lord authorize clapping in his church?"

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4. Clark Raulerson
"yes."

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5. Ayanna Ayeni
"+patientz430 Psalms 47!!"

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6. ShaMyiah Langston
"+Ayanna Ayeni Dont get me wrong, its a beautiful song, but thats an old testament scripture. Hebrews 8:8;13 and 9:15-18"

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7. Ayanna Ayeni
"+ShaMyiah Langston I still love the song and the clapping is not a sin!"

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8. edthorn24
"I can't believe people are still arguing whether or not you can clap or not. Please grow up spiritually. Too much Jesus to be preached. Too many souls to be saved to be that concerned by an expression of excitement. I laugh at people these days."

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9. TheEmanram
"Why laugh??? Many people feel strongly about that situation of clapping or beat boxing in the worship. Its not the place to do things like that. Sing from the heart and give HIM praise, honor, and the glory that he deserves."

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10. TheEmanram
"Honestly what do you get out of clapping and beatbox??? This is such a beautiful song that is sung to praise him. Voice is being drowned out with all the other stuff going on. The saints gather to sing and hear his word. We praise him everyday by being obedient to his word and his teachings. When we gather, we should give HIM the upmost respect. That's praise."

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11. Quentin Scott
"So what you are saying is clapping our hands is not praising or respecting God? That doesn't really make much sense."

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12. Chela Carter
"I know this one thing! Although this is something felt strongly about, I don't believe it's worth arguing about. If you don't believe in clapping, then don't clap. If you believe in clapping and you go somewhere where they don't, then I think common sense tells you not to clap as not to offend your brother in Christ. Let the Lord be the judge in the end. Until then, back to the worshipping!"

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13. Paul Woodard [2016]
"+Chela Carter Said it perfect"

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14. Calvin Bowe
"psalms 47:1,98:8,O clap your hands, All ye people;Shout unto GOD with the voice of Triumph.Let the floods clap their hands;let the hills be Joyful together.Are clear exhortation to Clap and Sing,But those pious people thought it was a sin.And whenever GOD gave a comand not tod o something,There is judgement behind it.There is not judgement behind what David did,Only the mention of him bringing music into the temple,Never did GOD condeem David for that.Example of judgement,eli's two sons were burning strange incense in the twmple and GOD consummed them,Uzziah touched the ark of the convent and was killed right then,But no where does GOD condeem music,It was their heart read Amos from chp 1til you get to the vs.they love to quote as GOD condeming music in Worship Be Bless by the way GOD speaks and what He speak about"

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15. Ayanna Ayeni
"+Calvin Bowe Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love how u back that up with scriptures!! I was wondering what is all this talk about clapping hands? I will clap, jump, run, dance, sing for my loud and Praise his name!!"

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16. Calvin Bowe
"Ayanna,Thanks for that they always have hit me over my head formsaying this lol,the believers whom i worship with don't even think to clap.All this is from wrong teachings.European stiffedneck people,who were scared of everything.Don't Quench my SPIRIT! or JOY! Because you don't know where i'm come from,just the past week,let alone years SO PRAISE HIM PRAISE in the morning PRAISE HIM in the Noon time PRAISE HIM in the Night Time PRAISE YE THE LORD!"

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17. antwaniesha daniels
"Sing it brother"

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18. 6153calme
"too much boom boom...would like to hear it as in the church...that is a capella... he sounds way to good...come on church of Christ, let's not bring secular beat boxing in the church...it neither teaches or admonishes...it is an addition to the song...Let Chris sing he sounds so beautiful!!!"

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19. Clifford Dotson
"+6153calme its all voice,, nothing wrong with that,, its still acapella and nothing secular about that,,, dont be against everything."

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20. 6153calme
"+Clifford Dotson +Clifford Dotson it is not still a capella because a capella means, "as in the church." The bible says when we sing we are to speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, TEACHING and ADMONISHING one another...the melody is supposed to come from the HEART...We are supposed to sing with the UNDERSTANDING....neither of which can be accomplished by bringing street performances into the house of God....it's time we give God what HE desires not what feels good and entertains us....want entertainment get it at home"

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21. Clark Raulerson
"Please LET the Spirit rise among us and not argue over petty matters, Ephesians 5 is about being filled with the Holy Spirit not exclusively meeting in a "church setting service."

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22. pumpsumiron
"Yes, have the freedom to sing about the Spirit of God rise among us, clap your hands and let your voices rise!

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24. Justin
"Sang church!!!"

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25. LuJack Martinez
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, LET IT RISE!!! "Stand if you will???" How can you NOT STAND, SHOUT, CLAP, PRAISE, etc. when this brother leads a song??? "I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind!!!" YOU GO, CHRIS TURNER!!! We're gonna do this at our Global Leadership Conference this August!!! LJM "
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Here are two other comments from this video - No1191. Let it Rise- Chris Turner-song leader [2011]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwE02xx_b

Greg Allmon, 2012
"Love the song, but hate the B-Boxing.."

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jean19171, 2013
"+Greg Allmon Its their voice thats making the sound, didnt God say everything with breath praise him?anything livin its not a dead instrument its their voice, i love it i use to disagree til i had a deep thought thinking session with myself"

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Example #2: Frank Melton III "Let The Spirit of the Lord Rise" @ [at] West Oak Grove C.O.C.



TheArchieB, Uploaded on Jan 24, 2011

Sunday Morning Going down in Mississippi!!!! This is how it goes down in the sipp!!!!! This is at West Oak Grove Church Of Christ!!!! Frank doing it!!!!!!
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2014
1. Arthur Howell BE A POET
"they are jamming in the house of the lord! did you hear those boys. they dont need any drums."

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2. Adrianne Gibbs
"Praising the Lord COC style Go Frank III.....sang!!!"

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3. LuJack Martinez
Psalm 47:1
http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/47-1.html
"1 Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy"

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2015
4. Stanley Adams
"Pentecostal church of Christ looks like it to me with their rhythm of machine, etc."

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5. TheArchieB
"+Stanley Adams I love this you don't like it?"

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6. Stanley Adams
"Hey Archie, these are great singers, and I am a member of the cofc. The issue is why must some of our black churches insist on making drum noises? Is this not the same as a drum?? That is my point, all it does is excite the spirit to the point of almost being a Pentecostal religion."

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7. TheArchieB
"which came first the drum or the voice? and does it make it wrong because you don't like it? AS far as some our BLACK Churches insist on making???? Some of our WHITE Churches has went to instrument.... you do know that the culture is different from yours right?"

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Seven Examples Of African American Church Of Christ Singing (videos & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part series on African American Church of Christ music traditions.

Part II showcases several YouTube examples of African American Church of Christ a capella singing, song leader, and praise team singing. Selected comments from some of the discussion threads of these videos are also included in that post. This post doesn't include song lyrics.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/african-american-church-of-christ.html for Part I of this series. Part I features an excerpt from Lamont Ali Francies' 2013 University of San Francisco, School of Education's doctoral dissertation entitled "An Exploration of Worship Practices at an African American Church of Christ." This excerpt focuses on church traditions and possibly changing attitudes regarding hand clapping, foot patting, and the display of emotions in African American Church of Christ congregations. This excerpt also addresses attitudes regarding the a cappella singing, praise and worship teams, and song leaders in African American Churches of Christ.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/02/handclapping-beatboxing-in-church-of.html for Part III of this series. Part III provides an excerpt from a reddit.com discussion of beatboxing and handclapping in Church of Christ congregations. That discussion also referenced two videos which are included in this pancocojams post. Part III also showcases two videos of African American Church of Christ praise singing which includes beatboxing. Selected comments about handclapping and beatboxing from those discussion threads are also included in that post.

Additional examples of Church of Christ singing will be showcased in other pancocojams posts. Click the "Church of Christ" tag below for those posts.

Note: The designations "Church of Christ" ("CoC" or "CofC") isn't the same as the designation "Church of God In Christ" (COGIC).

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The content of this post is presented for cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of these songs and thanks to all those who are featured in the videos that are embedded in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
Example #1: 77. Harold Robinson - Sing Hallelujah

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pkteemaxUploaded on Sep 29, 2008

Harold Robinson-leading Sing Hallelujah
@ Harlem CoC [Church of Christ]
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I think the numbers in front of the song leader's name for most of these featured examples indicates the number that this song is found in the hymnal.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
DonnellBolton, 2009
"keep on singing brother :-)"

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joe pit, 2013
"could some one share the words to this song with me please. its a sweet song it set my joy bells ringing"

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Example #2: Paul Williams -I Am Resolved



pkteemax, Uploaded on Oct 2, 2008

Paul Williams leading COC singing at Northeastern Lectureship in Harlem Wednesday nite.

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Example #3: 507. Oh I Want to See Him-Central coC and Curtis Williamson



pkteemax, Uploaded on May 10, 2009

Gospel Explosion weekend in Rochester, NY. Song leader is from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
2009
Marcus Carter*
"i have a slight problem with this...while the coc does not believe in instruments (as they interpret the Pauline scripture)...I don't think Paul had in mind that we sound like instruments...one guy sounded like a bass guitar! It's like the 7th Day Adventists who don't eat pork or some who are vegetarians will buy that fake pork or meat product...that 'tastes like' what they believe they should not eat? Harmony is one thing...but replicating instruments is another...just my thoughts...no harm."
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*Replies to this comment suggest that Marcus Carte also used the name “The Methodist Preacher”

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Phillip Simmons*
"To the "Methodist Preacher". That's what you call bass and a nice sound system with good acoustics.......The vocal chord is the original instrument. All instruments that came after are replicating sounds that man's vocal chords can produce.....just without being limited by breath. Do you not agree?"

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quietnesswisdom [2011]
"The Methodist Preacher pointed out a valid problem. The man that "sounds like a bass guitar" is not singing. The Bible teaches that we should be "teaching and admonishing in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." Each Christian is to obey that command. The man that "sounds like a bass guitar" is violating that scripture because no one is being taught or admonished by his bass sound. Lets keep looking at scripture and making sure that we are being obedient and not just following traditions."

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cpink19 [2011]
"+quietnesswisdom @quietnesswisdom He may SOUND like a bass guitar, but I bet he's not trying to! He is using his voice, just in a deep pitch! And just a note for bass singers: most of the time, the man that's singing bass(at the time) is usually SINGING the words, just at a tad different speed, to keep the speed of the song! Point is COC members don't use instruments. It just so happens that the voice God gave us, gives us the creativity to SING and SING like the possible sound of an instrument!"

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mrslowens1 [2011]
"@MethodistPreacher The Church of Christ does not having instruments during worship service because you (or anyone else) can not find New Testament scripture that charges the church to use them. the Church of christ follows New Testament scripture only.....Mr Preacher as you know (or should) the Mosaic law was killed when Jesus came to die for our sins. You can't pick and choose what you see fit to follow."

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a1xluv [2011]
"I do AGREE with the MethodistPreacher on that...We should sing melody and make music in our hearts to the Lord. Edifying with our words...And sounding like an instrument is not edification. We should sing our hearts out to the Lord! BTW David NEVER came into the temple with his harp...He always played outside in the courts...And if you study you would understand that we were commanded in the New Testament to "sing" not Play musical instruments. Man "added" and brought that in on their own accord"

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2011
TJ Braggs
"The bible says that we should sing with melody from our hearts. That is why we do not use instruments. We don't need them look how great they sound. God Bless!"

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LeAndra Dozier
"Can't we put our differences aside and enjoy the song. It's so beautiful. Nothing else should matter."

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2014
LaurinlaRoux
"Rebecca Jean. In the new testament, which we are to live by says, we are to sing and make melodies in our hearts. They never included having instruments in that scripture. ephesians 5:19.
Hope I helped!"

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phil mcmaken
"well they didn't have microphones and amps and overhead lights in the original Jersualem church either but we use them because it sounds and looks better.
coc is just being traditionalistic and afraid of "new things" Would you drive a car
with no A.C. just because Henry Ford didn't originally put it in his cars?"

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Example #4: 723. I Know I've Been Changed- Earl Washington, song leader


pkteemax, Uploaded on Oct 19, 2009

Third Sunday singing at Harlem church of Christ
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
2010
Luiz henrique Campos
"Wonderful Negro Spiritual Style !!!!"

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Kenneth Morgan
"this song is not scriptural. i haven't read where the angels sign names. this is The Church Of Christ and we must watch what we say or sing".

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roziejo [2011]
"+Kenneth Morgan @kennethamorgan
though the words may not be directly scriptural, they are still good and true and worthy, because they are sung from the spirits and souls of god's people. who are you to judge and dampen their voices, the beautiful voices of your brothers and sisters in christ? let satan not turn us against one another, but let the saved and the saints sing together with love for each other and love for our lord... amen."

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PDemi [2012]
"+Kenneth Morgan Good point...we must be very careful! it's like me singing praises to my preacher for getting me to heaven...that's not scriptural at all. I'm not aware of angels adding to or taking away from the book of life! Song or not, this is during worship to God and should be 100% scriptural at all times! From another member of the Church of Christ"

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StoneCampbellforLife [2012]
"+Kenneth Morgan This is the spirit that has destroyed the CofC. Thankfully this kind of thinking and hermeneutic is fizzling out. It's called poetic license. C'mon, brother."

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Shakia Johnson
"i really like Ear Washington singing. I'm a member of Gary COC under the leadership of Robert L. Holt. Good singing from the heart and soul, the angels in heaven are rejoicing"

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Example #5: Church of Christ regional singing 2010



tony cUploaded on Aug 20, 2010

SERSA regional singing 2010 preview video. Hosted by Sheldon Heights Church of Christ. Order your full DVD at 773-568-2929. The preview shows Sheldon Heights singing the theme song, "Give Me A Song" featuring Kamie Carter and Tony Carter and the Schrader Lane Acappella Chorus featuring Darwin Mason Sr. and Darwin Jr.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
Caramel6Cutie9, 2011
"Sing it sister!! It's such a blessing to see acapella music at its finest...#BellfortCofCHouTx"

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rachelmm05, 2012
"this is what i call Real singing! acapella singing leaves no wiggle room either you have the note or you dont! :) not hating on anyone who sings with music i do myself but this is jsut another level!"

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tony c, 2012
"Mark 14:26 (KJV)
"And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives."

I'm so glad many of you have been moved by this song. That's the sole purpose it was written and sung. Like Jesus chose to sing before facing His trial, persecution, and crucifixion, my prayer is that in your trial, you too will find comfort in a song. - Tony Carter"

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Cheryl Christian, 2013
"Who wrote "Give Me A Song"? It's beautiful!"

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tony c, 2013
"+Cheryl Christian Me, Tony Carter from Chicago, Il Thank you Cheryl!"

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strivingat40, 2015
"where is this commanded in God's word? how are we suppose to be different from denominational churches if this is going on?"

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Example #6: I'd Rather Have Jesus (Acapella Singing)



Wilsonrdcoc, Published on Jul 8, 2012

A few saints at Wilson Rd singing "Id rather have Jesus"

Church of Christ singing. There is no record of any Church of Christ in the New Testament scriptures that used instrumental music in their worship. In the Old testament God commanded David to ordain the Levites to use the instruments(1Chron15:16) (2Chron.29:30;30:21) (Neh.11:23) (Ezra.7:24-26). In God's word, God did not input Instruments in HIS CHURCH. If he would have wanted them HE WOULD HAVE PUT THEM, but Christ crucified the old law and ordinances to the cross. The Instrument that we use today is the Spirit and the Heart (Eph.5:19) (Col.3:16) (Heb.2:12) (James.5:13) (Matt.26:30) (Acts.16:25) (Rom.15:9) (1Cor.14:15) www.wilsonrdchurchofchrist.org Humble, tx

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Example #7: Acapella Singing at Suitland Road Church of Christ



Hamil Harris, Published on Apr 16, 2013

At the Suitland Road Church of Christ Melvin Shannon Jr leads "I'll be Somewhere," listening at church's 25th anniversary revival

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This concludes Part II of this series.

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