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    John Crow Say.. Jamaican Music of Faith, Work and Play (1981)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • John Crow Say.. – I Saw the Lighthouse
    • 1. Adam Where Art Thou
    • 2. Digging Songs: Kisander
    • 3. Digging Song: Rosibella
    • 4. Digging Song: Half a Whole
    • 5. Jane and Matilda Roll
    • 6. Me No Wantee No Tea
    • 7. Take Me Away
    • 8. Up on the Mountain with Jesus
    • 9. Hill and Gully
    • 10. Army Boy
    • 11. John Crow Say I'm Wan' Decent Woman
    • 12. Blood of Jesus
    • 13. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
    • 14. I Saw the Lighthouse
    • 15. Mumma Me Wan' Go Walk
    • 16. Go Market
    • 17. Quadrille

    Fascinating roots Jamaican recordings recorded by John Storm Roberts in 1981.

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