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    Music of the Bahamas Instrumental Music from the Bahamas Islands (1959)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Fresh Creek Dance Band – Mama, Bake a Johnny Cake, Christmas Coming
    • 1. Joseph Green – I Drink All the Rum and Never Get Drunk / Bad Woman (medley)
    • 2. Prince Forbes – Take the Name of Jesus with You
    • 3. Prince Forbes – 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
    • 4. Prince Forbes and Willie Green – Liza Simeon
    • 5. Charles Bastian – Under the Precious Blood
    • 6. Fresh Creek Dance Band – Mama, Bake a Johnny Cake, Christmas Coming
    • 7. Fresh Creek Dance Band – Gal, You Want To Go Back to Scambo
    • 8. Fresh Creek Dance Band – Everything the Monkey Do
    • 9. Daniel Saunders Brass Band – In the Sweet Bye and Bye
    • 10. St. Bartholemew's Friendly Society Brass Band – If I Want Him to Receive Me
    • 11. St. Bartholemew's Friendly Society Brass Band – Kindly Light
    • 12. St. Bartholemew's Friendly Society Brass Band – Oh, Jesus I Was Promised
    • 13. Daniel Saunders Brass Band – Orange Blossoms Smell So Sweet
    • 14. Daniel Saunders Brass Band – My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
    • 15. Daniel Saunders Brass Band – When a Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin

    Various folk and roots music from around the Bahamas.

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