This song bears the date 1859 and the composer's name, John P. Rees.
But beside the title we read: "As sung by Judge Falkerner of Ala." We
may therefore conclude that Rees recorded on that date this older tune
from the singing of the Alabama magistrate. Melodic similarities are
seen in 'Trooper and the Maid', Sharp, i., 305. A recent negro version
from Beaufort, S. C., is in _The Carolina Low-Country_, p. 250.
No. 166
SHOUT ON, PRAY ON or ANTIOCH, OSH 277