Table of Contents

PREFACE
I. PRESENTING THE SINGER AND HIS SONG
II. THE RELIGIOUS SONGS OF THE NEGRO
III. EXAMPLES OF RELIGIOUS SONGS
IV. EXAMPLES OF RELIGIOUS SONGS, Concluded
V. THE SOCIAL SONGS OF THE NEGRO
VI. EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL SONGS
VII. EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL SONGS, Concluded
VIII. THE WORK SONGS OF THE NEGRO
IX. IMAGERY, STYLE, AND POETIC EFFORT
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
INDEX OF SONGS