Read 'Em John

DESCRIPTION: Leader sings: John brought the letter, put it on the table, and all the members read it. It said, "let me go!" Responses are "read 'em," "read 'em, let me go"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Davis and Georgia Sea Island Singers recording)
KEYWORDS: slavery freedom nonballad Black(s)
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, p. 139-141, "Read 'em, John" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "Read 'Em John" (on LomaxCD1713, recorded 1959)
Lawrence McKiver and the McIntosh County Shouters, "Read 'Em John" (on McIntosh1)
Freddie Palmer and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Read 'Em John" (on McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation)
NOTES [32 words]: The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree/McIntoshShouters-RingShoutSongs text and track and LomaxCD1713 tracks are "ring shout" songs. The McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation video shows the shout. - BS
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