Paul Robeson

The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939

Release date 2008

Tracklist

1
Ol' Man River
3:53
3:53
2
Seem Lak' to Me
3:07
3:07
3
Down de Lovers' Lane
3:03
3:03
4
Scandalize My Name
2:10
2:10
5
Sinner, Please Doan' Let Dis Harves' Pass
2:07
2:07
6
Weepin' Mary
1:43
1:43
7
I Want to Be Ready
1:32
1:32
8
My Lord, What a Mornin'
2:52
2:52
9
De Li'l Piccaninny's Gone to Sleep
3:30
3:30
10
Git on Board, Li'l Children
1:17
1:17
11
Dere's No Hidin' Place
1:00
1:00
12
Plantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning / Carry Me Back to Old Virginia / Old Folks at Home / Goodnight Ladies
3:54
3:54
13
Plantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie / Poor Old Joe / Oh, Susanna / My Old Kentucky Home
4:18
4:18
14
Oh! Rock Me, Julie
1:35
1:35
15
Oh, Didn't It Rain
1:22
1:22
16
Mammy
3:51
3:51
17
Roll Away, Clouds
3:14
3:14
18
Sonny Boy
2:43
2:43
19
Little Pal
3:31
3:31
20
The Lonesome Road
2:45
2:45
21
Just Keepin' On
3:12
3:12
22
Mighty Lak' a Rose
3:27
3:27
23
Mammy Is Gone
3:23
3:23
24
Hail de Crown
2:13
2:13
25
Exhortation
2:11
2:11
26
I Stood on the Ribber Jordan / Peter Go Ring Dem Bells
2:57
2:57
27
Go Down, Moses
2:06
2:06
28
High Water
2:36
2:36
29
Old Folks at Home
3:20
3:20
30
Poor Old Joe
3:11
3:11
31
My Old Kentucky Home
3:31
3:31
32
Ol' Man River
2:50
2:50
33
River Stay 'Way From My Door
3:30
3:30
34
Rockin' Chair
3:33
3:33
35
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
7:47
36
My Heart Is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight
3:30
3:30
37
The Folks I Used to Know
2:53
2:53
38
Mary Had a Baby, Yes, Lord
2:17
2:17
39
Li'l Gal
3:01
3:01
40
Bear de Burden / All God's Chillun Got Wings
3:32
3:32
41
That’s Why Darkies Were Born
2:41
2:41
42
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
3:27
3:27
43
Seekin'
2:36
2:36
44
Nearer, My God, to Thee
4:16
4:16
45
There Is a Green Hill
4:02
4:02
46
Ma Lindy Lou
3:17
3:17
47
Ma Curly-Headed Baby
3:05
3:05
48
Pilgrim's Song
2:40
2:40
49
Roll de Ole Chariot Along
2:44
2:44
50
Since You Went Away
3:10
3:10
51
Wid de Moon, Moon, Moon
3:32
3:32
52
Got the South in My Soul
3:03
3:03
53
Hush-A-Bye Lullaby
3:19
3:19
54
Round the Bend of the Road
2:57
2:57
55
Take Me Away From the River
3:00
3:00
56
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
2:51
2:51
57
On Ma Journey
2:10
2:10
58
Bye and Bye
2:30
2:30
59
Were You There
2:48
2:48
60
Swing Along
3:22
3:22
61
Piccaninny Shoes
2:54
2:54
62
In a Narrow Street
2:49
2:49
63
Carry Me Back to Green Pastures
2:57
2:57
64
Lazy Bones
3:27
3:27
65
Blue Prelude
2:51
2:51
66
Paul Robeson Medley (Part 1): Roll de Ole Chariot / Mary Had a Baby / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Heav'n, Heav'n
4:06
4:06
67
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
4:09
68
Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's Eyes
2:04
2:04
69
Shortnin' Bread
1:10
1:10
70
Snowball
3:22
3:22
71
Water Boy
2:40
2:40
72
Doan' You Cry, Ma Honey
3:37
3:37
73
Steal Away
3:04
3:04
74
Scarecrow
3:29
3:29
75
Wagon Wheels
3:27
3:27
76
So Shy
3:25
3:25
77
Piccaninny's Slumber Song
3:08
3:08
78
St. Louis Blues
3:33
3:33
79
Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed Boy
3:16
3:16
80
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day
3:20
3:20
81
I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
2:51
2:51
82
The Banjo Song
3:08
3:08
83
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
8:46
84
Love Song
3:26
3:26
85
Congo Lullaby
3:11
3:11
86
Canoe Song
3:04
3:04
87
Killing Song
2:26
2:26
88
Shenandoah
3:19
3:19
89
Jes' Mah Song
2:30
2:30
90
De Ole Ark's a-Movering
1:05
1:05
91
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
1:20
1:20
92
Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho
2:02
2:02
93
Honey (Dat's All)
2:20
2:20
94
Gloomy Sunday
2:48
2:48
95
Ol' Man River
2:39
2:39
96
I Still Suits Me
2:49
2:49
97
Sleepy River
3:05
3:05
98
Lonely Road
3:20
3:20
99
Song of Freedom
2:42
2:42
100
The Black Emperor
2:50
2:50
101
Mam'selle Marie
1:57
1:57
102
Dere's No Hidin' Place
0:57
0:57
103
Oh No John
2:16
2:16
104
Passing By
2:24
2:24
105
Hammer Song
1:53
1:53
106
Lil' David
1:35
1:35
107
My Way
2:51
2:51
108
Golden River
2:07
2:07
109
Ho! Ho! (Wagon Song)
2:14
2:14
110
Climbing Up (Mountain Song)
3:14
3:14
111
Lazin'
2:51
2:51
112
I Don't Know What's Wrong
3:22
3:22
113
Roll Up, Sailorman
2:17
2:17
114
You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things
2:18
2:18
115
Deep Desert
3:01
3:01
116
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
2:24
2:24
117
Minstrel Man
0:30
0:30
118
The Wanderer
2:44
2:44
119
Dere's a Man Goin' round Takin' Names
3:10
3:10
120
No More
2:32
2:32
121
Work All de Summer
1:36
1:36
122
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
1:07
1:07
123
Silent Night, Holy Night
3:29
3:29
124
All Through the Night
3:26
3:26
125
Solitude
3:36
3:36
126
Mood Indigo
3:21
3:21
127
Summertime (Lullaby)
2:40
2:40
128
It Take a Long Pull to Get There
3:07
3:07
129
It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:36
2:36
130
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
2:23
2:23
131
Just A-Wearyin' For You
2:39
2:39
132
At Dawning
2:25
2:25
133
Song Of The Volga Boatmen
2:50
2:50
134
An Eriskay Love-Lilt
2:55
2:55
135
Encantadora Maria
2:43
2:43
136
Goin' to Ride up in de Chariot
1:02
1:02
137
Every Time I Feel de Spirit
1:19
1:19
138
Lay Down Late
2:29
2:29
139
After the Battle
2:23
2:23
140
David of the White Rock
3:28
3:28
141
Trees
2:31
2:31
142
Songs My Mother Taught Me
2:16
2:16
143
Loch Lomond
2:39
2:39
144
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
3:28
3:28
145
Down de Lovers' Lane
2:30
2:30
146
Lullaby
2:07
2:07
147
Night
2:54
2:54
148
The Little Black Boy
2:20
2:20
149
Dear Old Southland
2:57
2:57
150
Jerusalem
2:27
2:27
151
The Blind Ploughman
2:09
2:09
152
The Cobbler's Song
2:42
2:42
153
Oh, Could I But Express in Song
1:53
1:53
154
Love at my Heart
2:09
2:09
155
Nothin'
2:24
2:24
156
The Rosary
1:40
1:40
157
A Perfect Day
2:36
2:36
158
Absent
2:12
2:12
159
Black Eyes
2:33
2:33
160
Oh, Promise Me
2:39
2:39
161
Plaisir d'Amour
3:42
3:42
162
Sylvia
2:02
2:02
163
She Is Far from the Land
2:52
2:52
164
Thora
3:29
3:29
165
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
2:24
2:24
166
Sea Fever
2:12
2:12
167
Ebenezer
2:33
2:33
168
Land of My Fathers
2:26
2:26
169
Deep River
2:30
2:30
170
Lord God of Abraham; Baal Chorus
2:20
2:20