The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939

Album by Paul Robeson

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Ol' Man River
    3:53
  2. 2.
    Seem Lak' to Me
    3:07
  3. 3.
    Down de Lovers' Lane
    3:03
  4. 4.
    Scandalize My Name
    2:10
  5. 5.
    Sinner, Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass
    2:07
  6. 6.
    Weepin' Mary
    1:43
  7. 7.
    I Want to Be Ready
    1:32
  8. 8.
    My Lord, What a Mornin'
    2:52
  9. 9.
    De Li'l Piccaninny's Gone to Sleep
    3:30
  10. 10.
    Git on Board, Li'l Children
    1:17
  11. 11.
    Dere's No Hidin' Place
    1:00
  12. 12.
    Plantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning / Carry Me Back to Old Virginia / Old Folks at Home / Goodnight Ladies
    3:54
  13. 13.
    Plantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie / Poor Old Joe / Oh, Susanna / My Old Kentucky Home
    4:18
  14. 14.
    Oh! Rock Me, Julie
    1:35
  15. 15.
    Oh, Didn't It Rain
    1:22
  16. 16.
    Mammy
    3:51
  17. 17.
    Roll Away, Clouds
    3:14
  18. 18.
    Sonny Boy
    2:43
  19. 19.
    Little Pal
    3:31
  20. 20.
    The Lonesome Road
    2:45
  21. 21.
    Just Keepin' On
    3:12
  22. 22.
    Mighty Lak' a Rose
    3:27
  23. 23.
    Mammy Is Gone
    3:23

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Hail de Crown
    2:13
  2. 3.
    Exhortation
    2:11
  3. 4.
    I Stood on the Ribber Jordan / Peter Go Ring Dem Bells
    2:57
  4. 5.
    Go Down, Moses
    2:06
  5. 6.
    High Water
    2:36
  6. 7.
    Old Folks at Home
    3:20
  7. 8.
    Poor Old Joe
    3:11
  8. 9.
    My Old Kentucky Home
    3:31
  9. 10.
    Ol' Man River
    2:50
  10. 11.
    River Stay 'Way from My Door
    3:30
  11. 12.
    Rockin' Chair
    3:33
  12. 13.
    Medley of Spirituals: I'm Rolling and Sing-a-Ho / Hail de Crown / Joshua Fit fe Battle ob Jericho / I Got a Robe / Oh Lord I Done / De Gospel Train / Black Sheep / Heav'n Bells Are Ringin' / I'll Hear de Trumpet Sound / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Walk Together, Children
    7:47
  13. 14.
    My Heart Is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight
    3:30
  14. 15.
    The Folks I Used to Know
    2:53
  15. 16.
    Mary Had a Baby (Yes, Lord)
    2:17
  16. 17.
    Lil' Gal
    3:01
  17. 18.
    Bear de Burden / All God's Chillun Got Wings
    3:32
  18. 19.
    That's Why Darkies Were Born
    2:41
  19. 20.
    When It's Sleepy Time Down South
    3:27
  20. 21.
    Seekin'
    2:36

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Nearer, My God, to Thee
    4:16
  2. 4.
    There Is a Green Hill
    4:02
  3. 5.
    Ma Lindy Lou
    3:17
  4. 6.
    Ma Curly-Headed Baby
    3:05
  5. 7.
    Pilgrim's Song
    2:40
  6. 8.
    Roll de Ole Chariot Along
    2:44
  7. 9.
    Since You Went Away
    3:10
  8. 10.
    Wid de Moon, Moon, Moon
    3:32
  9. 11.
    Got the South in My Soul
    3:03
  10. 12.
    Hush-a-Bye Lullaby
    3:19
  11. 13.
    Round the Bend of the Road
    2:57
  12. 14.
    Take Me Away from the River
    3:00
  13. 15.
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    2:51
  14. 16.
    On Ma Journey
    2:10
  15. 17.
    Bye And Bye
    2:30
  16. 18.
    Were You There?
    2:48
  17. 19.
    Swing Along
    3:22
  18. 20.
    Piccaninny Shoes
    2:54
  19. 21.
    In a Narrow Street
    2:49
  20. 22.
    Carry Me Back to Green Pastures
    2:57
  21. 23.
    Lazy Bones
    3:27
  22. 24.
    Blue Prelude
    2:51
  23. 25.
    Paul Robeson Medley (Part 1): Roll de Ole Chariot / Mary Had a Baby / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Heav'n, Heav'n
    4:06
  24. 26.
    Paul Robeson Medley (Part 2): Carry Me Back to Old Virginia / Mighty Lak' a Rose / Round the Bend of the River / River, Stay 'Way from My Door / Ol' Man River
    4:09

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's Eyes
    2:04
  2. 5.
    Shortnin' Bread
    1:10
  3. 6.
    Snowball
    3:22
  4. 7.
    Water Boy
    2:40
  5. 8.
    Doan' You Cry, Ma Honey
    3:37
  6. 9.
    Steal Away
    3:04
  7. 10.
    Scarecrow
    3:29
  8. 11.
    Wagon Wheels
    3:27
  9. 12.
    So Shy
    3:25
  10. 13.
    Piccaninny's Slumber Song
    3:08
  11. 14.
    St. Louis Blues
    3:33
  12. 15.
    Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed Boy
    3:16
  13. 16.
    Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day
    3:20
  14. 17.
    I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
    2:51
  15. 18.
    The Banjo Song
    3:08
  16. 19.
    Paul Robeson Medley No. 2: Lazy Bones / Scarecrow / Fat Li'l Fella / Wagon Wheels / Deep River / Ma Curly-Headed Baby / Carry Me Back to Green Pastures / Old Folks at Home
    8:46
  17. 20.
    Love Song
    3:26
  18. 21.
    Congo Lullaby
    3:11
  19. 22.
    Canoe Song
    3:04
  20. 23.
    Killing Song
    2:26
  21. 24.
    Shenandoah
    3:19
  22. 25.
    Jes' Mah Song
    2:30
  23. 26.
    De Ole Ark's a-Movering
    1:05
  24. 27.
    Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
    1:20
  25. 28.
    Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho
    2:02

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Honey (Dat's All)
    2:20
  2. 6.
    Gloomy Sunday
    2:48
  3. 7.
    Ol' Man River
    2:39
  4. 8.
    I Still Suits Me
    2:49
  5. 9.
    Sleepy River
    3:05
  6. 10.
    Lonely Road
    3:20
  7. 11.
    Song of Freedom
    2:42
  8. 12.
    The Black Emperor
    2:50
  9. 13.
    Mam'selle Marie
    1:57
  10. 14.
    Dere's No Hidin' Place
    0:57
  11. 15.
    Oh! No, John
    2:16
  12. 16.
    Passing By
    2:24
  13. 17.
    Hammer Song
    1:53
  14. 18.
    Lil' David
    1:35
  15. 19.
    My Way
    2:51
  16. 20.
    Golden River
    2:07
  17. 21.
    Ho! Ho! (Wagon Song)
    2:14
  18. 22.
    Climbing Up (Mountain Song)
    3:14
  19. 23.
    Lazin'
    2:51
  20. 24.
    I Don't Know What's Wrong
    3:22
  21. 25.
    Roll Up, Sailorman
    2:17
  22. 26.
    You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things
    2:18
  23. 27.
    Deep Desert
    3:01
  24. 28.
    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
    2:24
  25. 29.
    Minstrel Man
    0:30
  26. 30.
    The Wanderer
    2:44

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Dere's a Man Goin' round Takin' Names
    3:10
  2. 7.
    No More
    2:32
  3. 8.
    Work All de Summer
    1:36
  4. 9.
    Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
    1:07
  5. 10.
    Silent Night, Holy Night
    3:29
  6. 11.
    All through the Night
    3:26
  7. 12.
    Solitude
    3:36
  8. 13.
    Mood Indigo
    3:21
  9. 14.
    Summertime (Lullaby)
    2:40
  10. 15.
    It Take a Long Pull to Get There
    3:07
  11. 16.
    It Ain't Necessarily So
    2:36
  12. 17.
    A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
    2:23
  13. 18.
    Just a-Wearyin' for You
    2:39
  14. 19.
    At Dawning
    2:25
  15. 20.
    Song of the Volga Boatmen
    2:50
  16. 21.
    An Eriskay Love-Lilt
    2:55
  17. 22.
    Encantadora Maria
    2:43
  18. 23.
    Goin' to Ride up in de Chariot
    1:02
  19. 24.
    Every Time I Feel de Spirit
    1:19
  20. 25.
    Lay Down Late
    2:29
  21. 26.
    After the Battle
    2:23
  22. 27.
    David of the White Rock
    3:28
  23. 28.
    Trees
    2:31
  24. 29.
    Songs My Mother Taught Me
    2:16
  25. 30.
    Loch Lomond
    2:39
  26. 31.
    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
    3:28

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Down de Lovers' Lane
    2:30
  2. 8.
    Lullaby
    2:07
  3. 9.
    Night
    2:54
  4. 10.
    The Little Black Boy
    2:20
  5. 11.
    Dear Old Southland
    2:57
  6. 12.
    Jerusalem
    2:27
  7. 13.
    The Blind Ploughman
    2:09
  8. 14.
    The Cobbler's Song
    2:42
  9. 15.
    Oh, Could I But Express in Song
    1:53
  10. 16.
    Love at My Heart
    2:09
  11. 17.
    Nothin'
    2:24
  12. 18.
    The Rosary
    1:40
  13. 19.
    A Perfect Day
    2:36
  14. 20.
    Absent
    2:12
  15. 21.
    Black Eyes
    2:33
  16. 22.
    Oh, Promise Me
    2:39
  17. 23.
    Plaisir d'Amour
    3:42
  18. 24.
    Sylvia
    2:02
  19. 25.
    She Is Far from the Land
    2:52
  20. 26.
    Thora
    3:29
  21. 27.
    Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
    2:24
  22. 28.
    Sea Fever
    2:12
  23. 29.
    Ebenezer
    2:33
  24. 30.
    Land of My Fathers
    2:26
  25. 31.
    Deep River
    2:30
  26. 32.
    Lord God of Abraham; Baal Chorus
    2:20

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