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Dere's A Man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names/Angel of Death/There's a Man Going Round Taking Names
See Also: Angel of Death
Traditional Old-Time Bluegrass Gospel; blues; Spiritual;
ARTIST: William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals," pp. 28-29 with sheet music
Randolph sheet Music 1921 version: http://books.google.com/books?id=g3JtLNe3nroC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA43&dq=Religious+Folk+Songs+of+the+Negro&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; First Recorded in 1928 by Grayson and Whitter
RECORDING INFO: Dere's A Man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names/There's a Man Going Round Taking Names [Me III-C 44]
Lomax, J. A. & A. Lomax / American Ballads and Folk Songs, MacMillan, Bk (1934), p591 (Man Goin' Roun')
Shelton, Robert (ed.) / Josh White Song Book, Quadrangle, Sof (1963), trk# p 66 (Takin' Names)
Bille, Don. From Here on Up, Bille, Cas (1996), trk# A.05
Calkins, Enos. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume IV, Religous Songs and Others, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 38/#606 [1921/10/04] (Angel of Death)
Carolina Tar Heels. Carolina Tar Heels, Old Homestead OHCS 113, LP (1978), trk# 4 [1928/10/11]
Carolina Tar Heels. Mountain Frolic. Rare Old Timey Classics; 1924-37, JSP 77100A-D, CD (2007), trk# D.06 [1928/10/11]
Sandburg, Carl. New Songs from the American Songbag, Lyrichord LL 4, LP (1950), trk# B.07 (Man Goin' Roun')
Taylor, Rebecca. Sandburg, Carl (ed.) / American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p447 (Man Goin' Roun')
Unknown Singers. Folk Music in America, Vol.15, Religious Music, Solo & Perform.., Library of Congress LBC-15, LP (1978), trk# B.02 [1928/07/30ca]
White, Josh. Josh at Midnight, Elektra EKL 102, LP (1955), trk# B.06 (Takin' Names)
OTHER NAMES: "There's a Man Going Round Taking Names," "Man Goin' Roun'" "Takin' Names" (Josh White); "Angel of Death"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "Dere's A Man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names" is a spiritual better known as "There's a Man Going 'Round Taking Names" from William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals," pp. 28-29 with sheet music. It has been recorded by early Country artists Grayson and Whitter (1928 unissued) and The Carolina Tar Heels. Randolph collected the song under the "Angel of Death" title in 1921 from Mr. Enos Calkins. The Stanley Brothers recorded it with the "Angel of Death" title in 1959.
The song is also a well-known African-American spiritual and has been done by blues artist Josh White and Leadbelly.
DERE'S A MAN GOIN' ROUN' TAKIN' NAMES- William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals," pp. 28-29 with sheet music
Dere's a man goin' roun' takin' names,
Dere's a man goin' roun' takin' names,
He's a-taken mah mother's name,
An' has left mah heart in pain,
Dere's a man goin' roun' takin' names.
Oh, Death is de man takin' names,
He's a-taken mah father's name,
An' has left mah heart in pain,
Dere's a man goin' roun' takin' names.
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