blues · 2003 · 18 tracks

If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings

Reverend Gary Davis

2003 · Smithsonian Folkways

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Tracklist · 18 Tracks

If I Had My Way

4:46

If the Lord Be for You

3:46

Twelve Gates to the City

3:56

You Got to Move

4:18

We Are the Heavenly Father’s Children

3:26

A Friend Like Lonely Jesus

4:25

Get Right Church

2:27

Marine Band

2:51

Shine on Me

3:02

There’s Destruction on This Land

5:24

He Stole Away

2:41

The Uncloudy Day

4:12

Say No to the Devil

3:20

I Belong to the Band

4:01

Give Me a Heart to Love

2:24

He Never Has Left Me Alone

2:56

Got on My Travelling Shoes

3:06

Civil War Parade

5:26

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