THE GREEN PASTURES

Composer: Traditional
Lyricist: Traditional

Opened: February 26, 1930, Mansfield Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 640

Note: No attempt has been made to compile discological information for these songs beyond original cast member performances. The album Great Moments From Hallmark Hall Of Fame, No label (M) PRM 202, contains excerpts from a television production. Radio transcriptions of productions that aired in 1940 and in 1948 are also known to exist.

City Called Heaven (Entr'acte):

1. 78/Victor 4497 (Hall Johnson Choir conducted by Hall Johnson) [reissued on 1940's Vocal Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Document DOCD 5608]


Go Down, Moses:

1. 78/Victor 4553 (Hall Johnson Choir conducted by Hall Johnson) [reissued on 1940's Vocal Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Document DOCD 5608]


Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho:

1. 78/Victor 4460 (Hall Johnson Choir conducted by Hall Johnson) [reissued on 1940's Vocal Groups, Vol. 2, CD/Document DOCD 5608]


Other Material:

Cert'n'y Lord
De Blin' Man Stood On De Road An' Cried
De Ole Ark's A-Moverin
Death's Gointer Lay His Cold, Icy Hands On Me
Dere's No Hidin' Place Down Dere
Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Roun
Hail De King Of Babylon! (M: Hall Johnson)
Hallelujah!
Hallelujan, King Jesus! (M: Hall Johnson)
I Can't Stay Away
I Want To Be Ready
In Bright Mansions Above
Lord, I Don't Feel Noways Tired
March On!
My God Is So High (You Can't Get Over It)
My Lord's A-Writin' All De Time
My Soul i\Is A Witness
Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
Oh, Rise And Shine
Run, Sinner, Run
Some O' Dese Day
When The Saints Come Marchin' In
You Better Min