The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Songs from Gullah Traditions.
The Gullah people are an African American group – descended from enslaved people from West Africa – who live in the coastal plains and sea islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida and have a rich tradition of folksongs.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| O Day Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Get in Union - Tompkins Square |
| Buzzard Lope Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Get in Union - Tompkins Square |
| Sheep, Sheep/Little David Reggie Harris - Ready to Go - Reggie Harris Music |
| Beulah Land Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band - Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band - Borealis
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| That's Alright Ranky Tanky - Ranky Tanky - Resilience Music |
| Kindlin’ Wood/Things are Coming My Way David Rea - X 7 - Gitsu
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| Sink ‘Em Low Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Get in Union - Tompkins Square |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Join the Band Ranky Tanky - Ranky Tanky - Resilience Music |
| Michael Row Ken Whiteley - Long Time Travelling - Ken Whiteley
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| Row de Boat Kim & Reggie Harris with Baby Jay - Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 - Appleseed |
| Before This Time Another Year Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project with Tim O'Brien - Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project - Borealis
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| Sign of the Judgement Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Get in Union - Tompkins Square |
| Moses Don’t Get Lost The Duhks - Migrations - Sugar Hill
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| Turtle Dove The Duhks - Migrations - Sugar Hill
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| Let Me Fly Penny Lang - Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky - Borealis
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| Watch That Star Ranky Tanky - Ranky Tanky - Resilience Music |
| Once There was No Sun Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Adam in the Garden John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Who Built the Ark Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Let My Children Go John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert - Smithsonian Folkways |
| My God is a Rock Peter Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Pay Me My Money Down Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band - Live in Dublin - Columbia |
| Ranky Tanky Ranky Tanky - Ranky Tanky - Resilience Music |
| You Better Mind Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Put Your Hand On Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip: Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands - Rounder |
| May Be the Last Time, I Don’t Know Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Put Your Hand On Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip: Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands - Rounder |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Bonus ! A history lesson to research before next week. I had never heard of the Gullah people. I will be absorbing research now this week. Thanks Mike.
3:57 PM, February 11th, 2025