Reprint; first published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1930.
"Most of the songs included in this volume have been taken directly from the negroes in their present-day worship, and have been selected from those sung in the neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, and certain rural sections in Adair County."
Songs of death -- Songs of heaven and resurrection -- Bible stories in song -- Songs of exhortation -- Songs of service and personal experience -- Shouting songs and songs of triumph