Unidentified quartet: Lord, Don't Turn Your Child Away (1939)

Quartet of unidentified incarcerated men at Cummins State Farm (now Cummins Unit), Gould, Arkansas, recorded by John A. Lomax on May 21, 1939, under the auspices of the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Photo of baptism at Cummins, 1953, from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture. For more from the Lomax collections, visit archive.cultura.... [2591B3]

[@samaraisnt]

This rhythm’ cannot be found anywhere else…and how it feeds the soul!!!

[@bucketandspade]

...and this is how Moby made his breakthrough album...

[@62dan57]

I love your archive work so much. So inspiring. Thank you from France. (By the way, I just made a small donation).

[@kurlaender.]

Lomax died many years ago, but his work lives on

[@tussk.]

i prefer thier early stuff.

[@chasestewart8619]

Ha !🤣

[@Pumpkin-Friend]

Good one!

[@sydneydwoskin4950]

The baritone! Everybody on this but still….the baritone!!!!

[@donniebobb74]

Vocal CHORDS! it sounds silly, but as much music as I make, this just hit me so hard in such a primal way.

[@KendallKent]

The lead singer, is a bass. Are you referring to the bass singer leading the song? I hear the baritone part in the background.

[@isahiggs]

truly gems. your efforts in preserving this music are appreciated

[@pinhancani]

this is priceless... i wish i had millions to donate you...

[@SergeCeyral]

Am I the only one to find a similarity between this gospel, and the melodic line of "Mercedes-Benz", by Janis Joplin ?

[@richardfarthing4414]

Thank you for your channel. Music for the soul

[@LittavArven]

Wow. Thank you so much for uploading this! It was a very comfortable song to sing, for a beginner. Just the way "Laudate omnes gentes" is. Thank you!

[@MRBIGHDOGGSIR]

Amazing 🙏🏻

[@80Rush]

This my area..Arkansas 💚

[@dirceumoreirajunior7839]

Louvado seja Deus 🙌 ...

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

Wonderful, thanks

[@jeffanderson8678]

Amen

[@KendallKent]

I wonder who that basser is!!! He clear and sharp on them low notes and runs

[@Ivearted]

❤

[@SilverLoggerhead]

❤❤❤

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

❤️😊

[@hunterthompson3173]

Does anyone know what key this is in

[@knitdrums]

D

[@crackerackadingdong]

is there any way to obtain a high quality audio file of this and other recordings?

[@xbrandi12345x]

I am pretty sure Jubilee Quartet is the name of the group singing this. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

[@AlanLomaxArchive]

"Jubilee quartet" is a generic description of a close-harmony African American singing style, and was used by Lomax to describe the group in his notes.

[@thegoldenpathh]

They do sound a lot like Norfolk jubilee an jazz quartet is that who you meant? It says in the description it's some prisoners who are a quartet on the farm

[@Beatboxerskills]

Where is this image from ?