Charleston William Faux, Memorable Days in America, Part 2 (London, 1823), 84-85.
Item
Title
Charleston William Faux, Memorable Days in America, Part 2 (London, 1823), 84-85.
Includes music itself or text of song
yes
Identity of singers; solo/group
free?
group
Voice/instrument
voice
voice, clapping
Space/room
church
activity
worship
Timbre
"merrily"
genre
worship
Geographical location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Notable adjectives
"uncultivated"
Excerpt
At night , I went to the black church , where the black minister shewed much uncultivated talent . After sermon they began singing merrily , and con tinued , without stopping , one hour , till they became exhausted and breathless . 66 Oh ! come to Zion , come ! ” “ Hallelujah , & c . ” And then , “ O won't ! you have my lovely bleeding Jasus , " a thousand a times repeated in full thundering chorus to the tune of “ Fol de rol . ” While all the time they were clapping hands , shouting , and jumping , and exclaiming , « Ah Lord ! Good Lord ! Give me Jasus ! Amen . " At half - past ten this meeting broke up . For an hour it seemed like Bedlam let loose . At the close , one female said , striking the breasts of two male friends , “ We had a happy time of it . ”
Context
Faux describes his trip in Philidelphia and his experience at a chuch of Black Americans.
Bias of author
Bias presented in this text is about average for nineteenth-century sources written by learned, traveling white men.