Revella E. Hughes
Revella E. Hughes
Revella E. Hughes
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Four Harmony Kings
Four Harmony Kings
Inez Richardson
Inez Richardson
Helen Woodruff
Manhattan Harmony Four
Manhattan Harmony Four
George Leon Johnson
George Leon Johnson
Marianna Johnson
Harry A. Delmore
Harry A. Delmore
J. Arthur Gaines
J. Arthur Gaines
Archie Harrod
Archie Harrod
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Harrod’s Jubilee Singers
Nettie Moore
Nettie Moore
Ivan H. Browning
Ivan H. Browning
Arthur Williams and Walter Johnson [Lewis James and Harold Wiley]
Charles Hart (1920s Tenor)
Herbert Black (Pseudonym)
Herbert Black (Pseudonym)
George P. Jones, Jr.
Katie Crippen
Katie Crippen
Lulu Whidby
Lulu Whidby
Creamer and Layton
Creamer and Layton
Katie Crippen
Katie Crippen
Marion Harrison &
Excelsior Quartette
Excelsior Quartette
Mary Straine
Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
Isabelle Washington
Isabelle Washington
Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones
Eddie Gray
Eddie Gray
Marion Harrison
Marion Harrison
Georgia Harvey
Georgia Harvey
Georgia Harvey
Georgia Harvey
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
James Price Johnson
Inez Wallace
Inez Wallace
Inez Wallace
Maude De Forrest
Maude De Forrest
Mary Straine
Mary Straine
Mary Straine
Mary Straine
Etta Mooney
Etta Mooney
Etta Mooney
Etta Mooney
Julia Moody
Julia Moody
Julia Moody
Julia Moody
Julia Moody
Inez Wallace
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Josie Miles
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
The Jazz Masters
Ethel Waters’ Jazz Masters [Irving Weiss And His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra]
Essie Whitman
Essie Whitman
The Jazz Masters
The Jazz Masters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Florence Cole-Talbert
Florence Cole-Talbert
Mrs. Antoinette Garnes
Mrs. Antoinette Garnes
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy—
Put dat music book away;
Now, what's de use of keep on tryin'?
Ef you practise twell you're gray,
You cain't sta't dem notes a-flyin'
Like de ones dat rants and rings
F'om de kitchen to de big woods
Ez when Malindy sings.
You ain't got de nachel o'gans
Fu' to make de soun' come right,
Den you ain't got de tu'ns an' twistin's
Fu' to make it sweet an' light.
I tell you one thing now, Miss Lucy,
An' I'm tellin' you fu' true,
Now when hit comes to raal right singin',
It 'tain't no easy thing to do.
It's easy 'nough fu' folks to hollah,
Lookin' at dem lines an' dots,
When dey ain't no one kin sence it,
An' de chune comes in in spots;
But de real melojous music,
Dat jes' strikes yo' hawt and clings,
Jes' you stan' an' listen wif me,
When Malindy sings.
Ain't you nevah heerd Malindy?
Blessed soul, take up de cross!
Look heah, ain't you jokin', honey?
Now you just don't know what you los'.
Y'ought to heah dat gal a-wa'blin',
Robins, la'ks, an' all dem things,
Heish dey moufs an' hides dey faces
When Malindy sings.
She jes' spreads huh mouf and hollahs,
"Come to Jesus," twell you heah
Sinnahs' tremblin' steps and voices,
Timid-like a-drawin' neah;
Den she tu'ns to "Rock of Ages,"
Simply to de cross she clings,
An' you fin' yo' teahs a drappin'
When Malindy sings.
Now who's dat, dat says dat humble praises
Wif de Master nevah counts?
Heish yo' mouf, I heah dat music,
Ez hit rises up an' mounts—
Floatin' by de hills an' valleys,
Way above dis buryin' sod,
Til' it finds its way to glory
To de very gates of God!
Oh, hits sweetah dan de music
Of an edicated band;
Hits dearah dan de battle's
Song o' triumph in de lan'.
It seems holier dan evenin'
When dem solemn chu'ch bells ring,
Ez I sit an' ca'mly listen
When Malindy sings.
Towsah, stop dat ba'kin', heah me!
Now Mandy, make dat chile keep still;
Heish yo' mouf, I heah de music
F'om de valley to de hill.
Let me listen, I can heah it,
Th'oo de bresh of angel's wings,
Sof' an' sweet, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,"
Ez Malindy sings.
When Malindy Sings was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.