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The Gospel Ship: Baptist Hymns and White Spirituals from the Southern Mountains

Label: New World Records

Catalog Number: 80294

Running Time: 51:11

Composition Date: 1745 — 1953

Composers: Ollie Gilbert; William Williams; William Walker; Traditional

Performers: Hobart Smith; Almeda Riddle; Ike Caudill; D.N. Asher; Howard Adams; George Spangler; I.D. Beck; Ruby Vass; Preston Smith; Texas Gladden; Ollie Gilbert; Nell Hampton

Tags: vocal, choral, folk

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Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah	5:47	William Williams
Performers: Congregation of the Mount Olivet Regular Baptist Church; Ike Caudill Composition Date: 1745
Testimony on Pioneer Religion/Amazing Grace	4:46
Performers: D.N. Asher; D.N. Asher, spoken word; Howard Adams; Congregation of the Thornton Regular Baptist Church; John Newtown Composition Date: 1953
Poor Pilgrims of Sorrow	3:15	Traditional
Performers: I.D. Beck; Congregation of the Mount Olivet Regular Baptist Church; I.D. Beck, spoken word Composition Date: 1939
Testimony/Why Must I Wear This Shroud	5:03	Traditional
Performers: George Spangler; George Spangler, spoken word; Congregation of the Thornton Regular Baptist Church
Testimony/When Jesus Christ Was Here on Earth	6:58	Traditional
Performers: I.D. Beck; I.D. Beck; I.D. Beck, spoken word; Congregation of the Mount Olivet Regular Baptist Church
The Old Gospel Ship	2:57	Traditional
Performers: Ruby Vass, voice; Ruby Vass, guitar
The When The Stars Began to Fall	4:22	Traditional
Performers: Hobart Smith, voice; Preston Smith, voice; Texas Gladden, voice
Hick's Farewell	2:11	William Walker
Performers: Texas Gladden, voice; Rev. B. Hicks Composition Date: 1835
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	3:22	Blind Lemon Jefferson
Performers: Hobart Smith, voice; Hobart Smith, guitar
I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger	3:03	Traditional
Performers: Almeda Riddle, voice; Anon. Composition Date: 1953
The Little Family	1:44	Traditional
Performers: Ollie Gilbert, voice Composition Date: 1953
Jim and Me	2:34
Performers: Garner Brothers; Preston Smith, voice; Hobart Smith, voice; Texas Gladden, voice; Hobart Smith, guitar; Preston Smith, guitar Composition Date: 1924
Airplane Ride	1:42	Nell Hampton
Performers: Nell Hampton, voice
My Lord Keeps a Record	3:20
Performers: Mountain Ramblers; James Lindsay, voice; Cullen Galyen, voice; Charles Hawes, voice; Eldridge Montgomery, voice; Thurman Pugh, voice; Cullen Galyen, banjo; Charles Hawes, banjo; Thurman Pugh, bass; James Lindsay, guitar; Eldridge Montgomery, guitar