Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky - Indian Bottom Association

The oldest English-language religious music in oral tradition in North America, the lined-out, congregational hymnody of the Old Regular Baptists, is heard in the heart of the coal-mining country of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This music of worship once was the common way of singing sacred song in the American Colonies. In this rare and beautiful music lies the roots of the high, lonesome mountain sound of elaborate melodic turns and graces. A descriptive booklet provides perspectives on the people, their beliefs and practices, their history and theology, and their music.

1 Brethren We Have Met Again
2 On Jorden's Stormy Banks
3 (O) How Happy Are They
4 The Day Is Past and Gone
5 Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
6 Jesus Thou Art the Sinner's Friend
7 Jesus Left His Home in Glory
8 Salvation O the Name I Love
9 I'm Not Ashamed to Own My Lord
10 I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow
11 Farewell Vain World
12 I Am Going to a City
13 The Meaning of Singing (Spoken By Several)