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I. NEGRO SPIRITUALS . . . . . . . . . . . Arranged by Nell 
      Hunter
 
      
 
 
De Ol' Ark's A Moverin'
 
      A traditional spiritual generally familiar throughout the country.
 
      
 
 
Wade in the Water
 
      A reference to the troubling of the waters in the pool of Siloam.
 
      
 
 
I Don't Feel Noways Tired
 
      An expression of the Negro's hope of heaven in spite of tribulations 
      and oppression.
 
      
 
 
NORTH CAROLINAS SPIRITUAL SINGERS
 
      Nell Hunter, Director; Thomas Covington, Baritone
 
      
 
 
Community activity group under the direction of the North 
      Carolina Federal Music Project of the works progress Administration.
 
      This is a group representing a cross-section of Negro life in 
      the State, composed of workers from the tobacco plants, clerks, 
      a doctor, school teachers, the proprietor of a beauty shop, and 
      housewives.
 
      Nell Hunter, after years of concert work in this country and 
      abroad, becamse director of the chorus in 1936. 
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