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[Identification of item], in the Mary Wayne Watson Recordings of Gospel Music #20135, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Gospel music--North Carolina.
• Scotland County (N.C.)--Songs and music.
• Spirituals (Songs)--North Carolina.
• Watson, Mary Wayne.

Mary Wayne Watson, a white retired English professor, was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970s. Watson taught at several institutions throughout her career, including James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., and at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, N.C.

The 1972 recordings on open-reel audiotape contain performances by African American gospel singers including members of Echoes of Zion from Scotland County, N.C. Also included on the recordings are three spirituals sung by Novella Covington. Mary Wayne Watson, a white student at the University of North Carolina, made the recordings in Wagram, N.C. Field notes accompanying the recording provide information about the singers and lists songs performed including "I want to walk (be) just like him," "We come this far by faith," and "Let me lean on you."

• Audiotape (FT-1731, FT-1732)
• Field Notes (Folder 642), Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025