I shall not be moved

[colonel snow]

The original version was recorded on 21-07-26 by Taskiana Four (Victor 20183).

Other recordings:
09-03-27 - Mount Zion Baptist Quartet (Victor 21350);
21-01-28 - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (Vocalion 1243);
04-03-29 - Utica Institute Jubilee Singers (Victor 24113);A
00-12-29 - Charley Patton (Paramount 12986);
00-00-55 - The Harmonizing Four (Gotham 772).

colonel snow

[Suspicious Minds]

Here’s a clip of ‘I Shall Not Be Moved’ by the Taskiana Four (Norman Allen: tenor, Edward Foster: baritone, Daniel Johnson: tenor, James Ricks: bass)

https://youtu.be/PLDYwQ5fB1M

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The song was written and composed by Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960), author of some 1,000 hymns. Published in 1906, in Ackley, "Hymns for His Praise No. 2".

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Some more background about the origin of the song:

Although some argue “I Shall Not Be Moved” was originally a slave song, there is no evidence that it appeared before 1906. The song is credited by The Traditional Ballad Index to Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960). Ackley studied music at the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic in Lon­don, and later graduated from West­min­ster The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary. Ackley was or­dained a Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter in 1914 and served a number of congregations, as well as wrok for evan­gel­ist Billy Sun­day for several years. In his lifetime Ackley wrote some 1,500 songs, which included his most popular hymn “He Lives”.

The inspiration for the song, “I Shall Not Be Moved”, comes from the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. Psalm 16:8, “ I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” and Psalm 62:6, “He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.” are two of many verses which use the phrase.

“I Shall Not Be Moved” is common in Aframerican tradition and is #479 in the African-American Heritage Hymnal. “I Shall Not Be Moved” forms the basis for the labor and civil rights anthem, “We Shall Not Be Moved.”

Source: http://www.stephengriffith.com/folksong ... -be-moved/