The plantation songs known as 'spirituals' are the spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervour, and had their origin chiefly in camp meetings, revivals and other religious exercises.
They were never 'composed', but sprang into life, ready made, from the white heat of religious fervour during some protracted meeting in camp or church, as the simple ecstatic utterance of wholly untutored minds, and are practically the only music in America which meets the scientific definition of Folk Song.
Harry Burleigh became a linguist, singing in Hebrew as well as Latin, Italian, French and German. For several years he regarded his casual efforts at composition as merely mental exercises until friends virtually forced him to publish. 'Deep River', published in 1917, made Harry Burleigh well known as a composer. His 'Little Mother Of Mine' was sung throughout the world by John McMormack.
Behold That Star
By An' By
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
De Blin'man Stood On De Road An' Cried
De Gospel Train
Deep River
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
Don't Be Weary, Traveler
Don't You Weep When I'm Gone
Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit
Give Me Jesus
Go Down In The Lonesome Valley
Go Down Moses
Hard Trials
Hear De Lambs A-cryin'
Heav'n Heav'n
He's Just De Same Today
I Don't Feel No-ways Tired
I Got A Home In A-dat Rock
I Know De Lord's Laid His Hands On Me
I Stood On De Ribber Ob Jerdon
I Want To Be Ready
I've Been In De Storm So Long
John's Gone Down On De Island
Joshua (Fit The Battle Of Jericho)
Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho
Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
Little David Play On Your Harp
My Lord What A Mornin'
My Way's Cloudy
Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen
O Rocks Don't Fall On Me
Oh Didn't It Rain
Oh Peter Go Ring Dem Bells
Oh Wasn't Dat A Wide Ribber
Sinner Please Doan Let Dis Harves' Pass
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Stan' Still Jordan
Steal Away
Steal Away (Steal Away To Jesus)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
'tis Me O Lord
Wade In De Water
Weepin' Mary
Were You There
You Gave Me A Mountain
You May Bury Me In De Eas'
| Arrangement | High Voice, Piano Accompaniment |
| Genres | Religious, Spiritual |
| Format | Instrumental Album, Vocal Album |
| Level | 3 |
| NumberOfPages | 204 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Alfred Publishing, I.M.P. |
| Contributors | Burleigh, Harry Thacker (Arranger) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780769234410 |
| UPC | 029156149517 |