Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales

This recording was made over a period of two years to accompany a folklife study of the southern rural African-American community of Johns Island off the coast of South Carolina. Producer Guy Carawan documents the "rich oral tradition of folk expression" of Moving Star Hall, a central gathering place for community members to express themselves through sermon, song, testimony and prayer evocative of the oldest forms of African American folk life and slave culture. 17 songs, 43 minutes, with liner notes by Guy Carawan featuring excerpts from his book, Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? : The People of Johns Island, South Carolina--Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs, song lyrics and pictures.

Track Listing

101	Talking 'Bout a Good Time	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:13
102	That's All Right	Moving Star Hall Singers	02:35
103	Jesus Knows All About My Troubles	Moving Star Hall Singers	03:20
104	Talk: Esau Jenkins	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:28
105	Lay Down Body	Moving Star Hall Singers	03:34
106	I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table / Our Father: Prayer (medley)	Moving Star Hall Singers	05:58
107	Been In the Storm So Long	Moving Star Hall Singers	03:04
201	Down On Me	Moving Star Hall Singers	03:01
202	Reborn, Reborn Again	Moving Star Hall Singers	02:49
203	Row, Michael, Row	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:44
204	Johnny Cuckoo	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:12
205	Old Lady Come From Booster	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:02
206	Shoo Turkey	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:21
207	Mr. Postman Die	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:03
208	Water My Flowers	Moving Star Hall Singers	01:18
209	The Rabbit and the Partridge	Moving Star Hall Singers	02:09
210	Jack and Mary and the Devil	Moving Star Hall Singers	06:40