... conditions of society. The cry is an instant reminder of the primitive. It is the oldest form of vocal expression. From it arise all of the things associated with speech and musical tone concepts. When the newly born babe utters its cry, it gives therewith the true indication of life itself...

...William C. Turner, Jr. Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 Singing the New Song William C. Turner, Jr. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set m y feet upon a rock...

... the blues or toward gospel. It was not until he wrote "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" that he was able to articulate that bottomless utterance, the "blues cry," that rises in the interstices of the soul and spirit and permits not only Book Reviews 89 the soothing of the spirit but the purging of physiological...

...F. M. Hamilton Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 36 Hear Thou My Prayer Itp l j) f 1. Lord, u n- ID Thee I 2. I cry ID Thee in 3. Thou, on- 1y Thou canst 4. I cry for par- don, sf I ~ f ~ f Jµ r lift my cry , deep d is- tress, save from sin, peace and love, ~ f~ 1& ~~ ' 1...

...Harold Dean Trulear Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 Singl for God Has the Last Word Harold Dean Trulear For it is written, rejoice thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry thou that travailest not, for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband...

... is too personal, no thought too private, no act too base to find expression in this strange, crying folk drama epitomized in song form. Were it not for the sake of satisfying a general curiosity, this paragraph might just as well be dismissed. However, lately so much has been attached to the Negro...

... / are cluster grapes of sorrow I purple in the evening sun/ nearly ripe for worms" (14). When the Euripidean chorus encourages others to race to the mountains in pursuit of Bacchic worship, it issues a cry of joy: "and the leader is Bromios, euoi!" 11 A note in the Bacchae (1970) informs us that "euoi...

..., Jesus I am thine, Help me say, the Lord is mine. Help me say, Lord, I am thine. Help me, help me, 0 Lord. Help me to come to Thee when you call. Help me to say, Lord , thou art all. Help men, Lord, while they are crying; Help men, Lord, while they are dying. Help the little ones to say yes. Help them...

...F. M. Hamilton Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 34 Save Me Now r 1. 0 2. I 3. I 4. To Lord, candare Thee in not not a- pi- t y let Thee wai t to-lo ne, 0 hear le ave -mo rLord my me row's cry, And n ow, Nor sun , 0 cry, 0 i ~b~~ ~I ~ r ~~ I let me hear the r fI I I sav- ing word...

... I :9b. r r. See Ephesians 6: r 3. 50 Black Sacred Music tween God and God's people. God speaks, and prophets listen and proclaim, and, when they must, they intercede for God's people; they talk back, and God listens. 12 They cry out for themselves and for God's people: When the storms of life...

.... For the glorious day When the slaves shall all go free. Go! go! with one accordPreach my Gospel saith the Lord. Cry on the Land and Sea, "God created all men free," Preach ye heralds preach preach ye heralds preach, Preach and pray Original Anti-Slavery Songs 31 11 For the glorious day When the slaves shall all go...

... Look to Jesus 57 Lord, I Am Yielding to Thee 5 1 Lord, in the darkness of the night 42 Lord Jesus Come 48 Lord, unto Thee ! lift my cry 36 Love 8 Love's Service l 0 Love is the Christian's strongest power 8 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord 90 March On, Fight On 2 Me and the Devil Had a Tussle but I...

... troubled breast in his arms and wrings his hands in total anguish, weeping aloud. Sometime I feel dat I never been born ag'in. Oh, sometime I feel dat I never been born ag'in. Oh, sometime I feel dat I never been born ag'in. Den I stand an' fol' my arms an' I cry, cry, cry. Den I stand an' fol' my arms...

... all go watch and pray, Hallelujah! When we take dis feeble body, Don't you wring your hands an' cry; Man was born to live an' die, Hallelujah! When we take dis feeble body, Don't you wring your hands an' cry; Mourner fix your faith on high, Hallelujah! Chorus An' a-hallelujah! An' a-hallelujah...

... the symbols in the dream. If it were the latter-a dream with some masked meaning-then it could be surmised that this song was Gaye's subconscious' existential cry in the darkest hour of his life for extrication and salvation, that the voice crying "get up" and "wake up" was his spiritual self (his soul...

... when I cry to thee And drive away m y tears. 3 My heart is bruised , my soul cast down With a great load of sin. Will thou draw near without a frown Oh with thou take me in. 4 Keep me till the morning light Protect me from all harm. The battle of life I sure must fight Lord strengthen thou my hand...

... of need. Religion comes then as the reverberation of a great cry of soul; which explains in brief the Negro spiritual, which more than almost any other folk-music in the world is a great cry of soul whose burden is of age-old promises of eternal freedom, of feasts of milk and honey, and of the divine...

...: "Stop your way of living and you won't have to cry no more." In "Wild Cow Blues," Joe Williams only alludes to the "reap" theodicy, but his admonition to his "wild cow" is unambiguous as he pleads for her to cease her infidelity: You can read out your hymn book, you got your Bible too Fall down on your...

... and Earth where there was no more sea, No pain, no death, no sorrow, no crying, it's where all God's people shall be. (Read Revelation Twenty-second Chapter Fourteen and Fifteen verse.) It shows who shall in the great City be blest, And who shall be without and cursed. Chorus The fearful and unbelieving...

..., till all is wrought! Freedom the encl he sought-Free-dom for slaves. AfL2 :f:: J~ . ,. _. 1:2. . 2 Battles all ended now-silent the clamor,Freedom for one and all-never more slave-- No more the auction block-no more the ham- merRansom that paid it all, blood of the brave. Still "Forward," is his cry...