Alan Lomax Archive | Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers: Yonder Come Day (1959) @AlanLomaxArchive | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
Bessie Jones, John Davis, and Willis Proctor discuss Watch Night singings before performing "Yonder Come Day," a song sung during New Years Watch Night meetings. Recorded by Alan Lomax in April 1960 at St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Bessie Jones, John Davis, and Willis Proctor discuss Watch Night singings before performing "Yonder Come Day," a song sung during New Years Watch Night meetings. Recorded by Alan Lomax in April 1960 at St. Simons Island, Georgia.