Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky

The oldest English-language religious music in oral tradition in North America, the lined-out, congregational hymnody of the Old Regular Baptists, is heard in the heart of the coal-mining country of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This music of worship once was the common way of singing sacred song in the American Colonies. In this rare and beautiful music lies the roots of the high, lonesome mountain sound of elaborate melodic turns and graces. A descriptive booklet provides perspectives on the people, their beliefs and practices, their history and theology, and their music.

Track Listing

101	Brethren We Have Met Again	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:17
102	On Jordan's Stormy Banks	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:23
103	O, How Happy are They	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:20
104	The Day is Past and Gone	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:37
105	Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:39
106	Jesus, Thou Art the Sinner's Friend	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:27
107	Jesus Left His Home in Glory	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	05:09
108	Salvation O the Name I Love	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:58
109	I'm Not Ashamed to Own My Lord	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:01
110	I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	05:27
111	Farewell Vain World	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	04:27
112	I Am Going to the City	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	03:20
113	The Meaning of Singing (Spoken)	Indian Bottom Association, Old Regular Baptists, Linefork, Kentucky	12:22