Mary and Martha (II)

DESCRIPTION: The basic verse, repeated often: "Mary and Martha Dem go wear the crown, O Hallelujah coming down Hallelujah round the throne" See notes for hymn and play party differences
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (WITrinidadVillage02)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad religious Bible
FOUND IN: West Indies(Trinidad,Carriacou)
RECORDINGS:
Ferguson Adams, Daniel Aikens, Charles Bristol, Beatrice and Martha Dick, Lucianne, Millicent and Sweet Honey Duncan, Edith Hector, Margaret Henry, Newton, Sheraf and Virginia Joseph, Faith and Prince Lawrence, Derrick Lejen, Lawrence Solon, Virginia Sylvester. "Mary and Martha," Carriacou, Grenada August 1962, Association for Cultural Equity Alan Lomax Collection, ref=(T1208.0, Track 8 (00:01:46)), accessed 19 July 2023 from https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-resource-862/mary-and-martha
Emilia Henry, Lovey Gilman, Martha Saunders, "Zion Rider Come Down" (on WITrinidadVillage02)
NOTES [97 words]: Donald R. Hill and Lise Winer, liner notes for WITrinidadVillage02: "There are many versions of this song, which apparently originated as a Spiritual Baptist song but is also found as a Big Drum and pass play song in nearby Carriacou." The Alan Lomax sound recordings item, "Mary and Martha," by Ferguson Adams et al. is apparently the Carriacou version Hill and Winer have in mind. So, while the hymn has a verse "Zion rider coming down" and refers to Biblical Mary and Martha of Luke 10:38-42 and John 11, the Carriacou play party says, "If you want to see them Go to Anguilla." - BS
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