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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: "We Never Did Let It Go By" 1 1. "Kneebone in the Wilderness": The History of the Shout in America 17 2. "One Family of People": The Shouters of Bolden 53 3. Lawrence McKiver, Boss Songster 85 4. The Shout Songs 105 Jubilee 107 Blow, Gabriel 110 Move for Your Dyin' Savior 113 I Want to Die Like Weepin' Mary 114 Wade the Water to My Knees 116 Army Cross Over 118 Happy Angel 120 Move, Daniel 121 Drive Ol' Joe 124 I Come to Tell You 126 Kneebone Bend 127 Pharaoh s Host Got Lost 130 Hold the Baby 132 Religion, So Sweet 134 Time Drawin Nigh (I See the Sign) 137 Read 'em, John 139 In This Field We Mus' Die 142 Eve and Adam 144 Went to the Burial (Sinner Rock So) 146 John on the Island, I Hear Him Groan 150 Walk through the Valley in the Field 152 Ezekiel SawThat Little Stone 153 Lay Down, Body 155 Watch That Star 158 Farewell, Last Day Coin' 162 Transcribers Note 164 Historical Essay.The Ring Shout: Revisiting the Islamic and African Issues of a Christian "Holy Dance" 167 Notes 173 Bibliography 183 Index 189 viii Contents ...