Various Artists - Bahamas: Island Of Song ( Audio CD ) 1997

This compilation of music from the Bahamas includes goombay rake-and-scrape dance bands (goombay refers to both the skin drum and the ensemble as a whole), spirituals, and fingerpicking guitar music. All the performers on this recording participated in the 1994 Festival of American Folklife, an annual event presented on the Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institute’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. They were recorded in Nassau on 2 and 3 February 1995.

CONDITION: NEW, Punched UPC

TRACK LISTING

1 You Ain't Hurryin' Me 2:32
2 Girl, If I Write You 2:35
3 Watermelon Is Spoilin' on the Vine 2:44
4 Rain Children 2:11
5 When I Get Inside 1:31
6 I'm Going Home on the Morning Train 2:46
7 Big Belly Man Polka 2:22
8 All in the Woods 3:19
9 Let the Church Roll On 2:08
10 Lynn 2:46
11 Went to the Bight 1:37
12 Nobody's Darling but Mine 2:37
13 Christian Automobile 2:16
14 Let Me Call You Sweetheart 2:26
15 Sloop John B 2:11
16 Jimmy Bend a Tree While It's Young 2:46
17 Round and Round the Bar Room 3:30
18 Roll of Pin 4:30
19 Dry Bones 3:01
20 Bid You Goodnight 2:59
21 The Timestable 2:15
22 God Sent Jonah 2:50
23 Liar 2:11