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There Breathes a Hope

The Legacy Of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916

Label: Archeophone Records

Catalog Number: ARCH5020

Running Time: 2:11:07

Recording Date: Dec 1909 — 1983

Composers: Traditional; Stephen Foster; Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet

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"I guess you've heard of Professor John Work..."	:56	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	2:43	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
Old Black Joe	3:28	Stephen Foster
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
Roll Jordan Roll	2:37	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	2:52	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
There is a Balm in Gilead	2:21	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
When Malindy Sings	3:37	Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet
Performers: James Andrew Myers, speaker Recording Date: Dec 1909
Golden Slippers	2:37	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
Little David Play on Yo' Harp / Shout All Over God's Heaven	2:44	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
Great Campmeeting	2:34	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Alfred Garfield King, bass; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Dec 1909
"He Had One of the Sweetest Tenor Voices..."	:26	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Last	2:58	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
In Bright Mansions Above	2:51	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
My Soul is a Witness	2:46	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
Done What You Told Me to Do	3:03	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me	2:29	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
Band of Gideon	2:55	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
In the Morning	2:14	Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet
Performers: James Andrew Myers, speaker Recording Date: Feb 1911
The Ole Ark / Brethren Rise, Shine	2:51	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
Good News / Wasn't That a Wide River	3:11	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, baritone; Noah Walker Ryder, bass Recording Date: Feb 1911
"We made it sound like a pipe organ..."	:34	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
Crossing the Bar	3:21	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	4:33	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
All Over This World	3:27	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Shout All Over God's Heaven / Little David	3:56	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
My Soul is a Witness	3:47	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Roll Jordan Roll	3:39	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Band of Gideon	3:42	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Great Campmeeting	3:02	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Peter on the Sea / The Ole Ark	3:11	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; Roland Hayes, tenor; Leon P. O'Hara, bass; Charles Wesley, bass Recording Date: Dec 1911
Banjo Song	2:41	Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet
Performers: James Andrew Myers, speaker Recording Date: Dec 1909
"Jubilee Hall up there is called 'frozen music'..."	:13	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
Shout All Over God's Heaven	2:25	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Circa Oct 1915
There is a Light Shining for Me	3:10	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Oct 1915
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	3:00	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Oct 1915
Steal Away to Jesus	2:49	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
River of Jordan	2:39	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Oct 1915
Little David Play on Your Harp	2:20	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
"See, we sang 'spirituals' - interpreted them as the slaves did..."	:27	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
Old Tunes	2:27	Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet
Performers: James Andrew Myers, speaker Recording Date: Feb 1911
O Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn	2:37	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Oct 1915
In That Great Gettin' Up Mawnin'	2:23	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
Brethren Rise!	2:23	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
Good News, The Chariot's Coming	2:56	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
Great Camp Meeting	2:47	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Feb 1916
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	3:17	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Oct 1915
"These students are far removed from what we were..."	:19	Traditional
Performers: Jerome I. Wright, speaker Recording Date: 1983
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	2:56	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Circa 1916
Shout All Over God's Heaven / Little David	3:29	Traditional
Performers: Fisk University Jubilee Quartet; John Wesley Work II, tenor; James Andrew Myers, tenor; J. Everett Harris, baritone; Lemuel L. Foster, bass Recording Date: Circa 1916