Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

DESCRIPTION: Joshua comes to Jericho, orders the horns to blow, and sacks it after the walls fall down. Chorus: "Joshua (fit/fought) the battle of Jericho... And the walls came a-tumbling down"
AUTHOR: unknown (the Online 78 rpm Discography for the 1922 Paramount recording shows Jay Roberts as the author, but there is apparently no further evidence)
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (recording, Harrod's Jubilee Singers)
KEYWORDS: Bible religious battle
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Lomax/Lomax-FolkSongUSA 110, "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (1 text, 1 tune)
Courlander-NegroFolkMusic, pp. 45-46, "(Joshua)" (partial text)
Seeger-AmericanFavoriteBallads, p. 37, "Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fireside-Book-of-Folk-Songs, p. 304, "Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jerico" (1 text, 1 tune)
Messerli-ListenToTheMockingbird, p. 37, "Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho" (1 text)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 303, "Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho" (1 text)
DT, BATJERCO
ADDITIONAL: Harold Courlander, _A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore_, Crown Publishers, 1976, p. 310, "(no title)" (1 text)
Roud #10074
RECORDINGS:
Cotton Pickers Quartet, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (OKeh 8878, 1931)
Delta Rhythm Boys, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (Decca 25019, c. 1950)
Dixie Jubilee Singers, "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (Columbia 14329-D, 1928)
Eureka Jubilee Singers, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (Sharon X-507, n.d.)
Hall Johnson Choir, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" [medley with "Walk Together Chillun"] (Victor 4460, 1940)
Harrod's Jubilee Singers, "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" (Paramount 12116, rec. 1922)
Nazarene Congregational Church Choir, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (Herschel Gold Seal 2016, c. 1927)
Paul Robeson w. Lawrence Brown, "Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho" (Victor 19743, 1925)
Pete Seeger, "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" (on PeteSeeger04) (on PeteSeeger23)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last" (tune)
SAME TUNE:
Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last (File: SCW41)
NOTES [25 words]: The siege of Jericho takes up most of the sixth chapter of Joshua, with the fall of the city's walls, and the city itself, being detailed in 6:15f. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.3
File: LxU110

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