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    Langston Hughes The Voice Of Langston Hughes

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Langston Hughes – The negro speaks of rivers
    • 1. The negro speaks of rivers
    • 2. I, too
    • 3. The weary blues
    • 4. Homesick blues
    • 5. The story of the blues
    • 6. Night and morn
    • 7. Breath of a spiritual
    • 8. Prayer
    • 9. Prayer meeting
    • 10. Ma Lord
    • 11. I'm gonna testify
    • 12. Albert
    • 13. Mother to son
    • 14. Dreams
    • 15. youth
    • 16. The struggle
    • 17. Rhythms of the world
    • 18. Simple - intro
    • 19. Feet live thir own life
    • 20. Simple prays a prayer
    • 21. As I go

    Includes the classic "I've Known Rivers", later recorded by Gary Bartz ("The Negro Speaks Of Rivers")

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