The Bahamas: Islands of Song

This compilation of music from the Bahamas includes goombay rake-and-scrape dance bands (goombay refers to both the skin drum and the ensemble as a whole), spirituals, and fingerpicking guitar music. All the performers on this recording participated in the 1994 Festival of American Folklife, an annual event presented on the Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institute’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. They were recorded in Nassau on 2 and 3 February 1995.

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Track Listing

101	You Ain’t Hurryin’ Me	Dicey Doh Singers	02:32
102	Girl, If I Write You	Nat Saunders	02:35
103	Watermelon Is Spoilin’ on the Vine	Thomas Cartwright and the Boys	02:44
104	Rain Children	Sons of Andros	02:10
105	When I Get Inside	Cat Island Mites and Friends	01:31
106	I’m Going Home on the Morning Train	Israel Forbes	02:46
107	Big Belly Man Polka	Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape	02:22
108	All in the Woods	Avis Armbrister and Almeda Campbell	03:19
109	Let the Church Roll On	Dicey Doh Singers	02:08
110	Lynn	Nat Saunders	02:46
111	Went to the Bight	Cat Island Mites	01:36
112	Nobody’s Darling but Mine	Thomas Cartwright and the Boys	02:37
113	Christian Automobile	Sons of Andros	02:15
114	Let Me Call You Sweetheart	Israel Forbes	02:25
115	Sloop John B	Dicey Doh Singers	02:10
116	Jimmy Bend a Tree While It’s Young	Thomas Cartwright and the Boys	02:45
117	Round and Round the Bar Room	Nat Saunders, Huelon Newbold, and Orlando Turnquest	03:30
118	Roll of Pin	Alvis Armbrister and Almeda Campbell	04:29
119	Dry bones	Sons of Andros	03:01
120	Bid You Goodnight	Cat Island Mites	02:59
121	The Timestable	Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape	02:14
122	God Sent Jonah	Israel Forbes	02:50
123	Liar	Dicey Doh Singers	02:13