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soul all human beings feel. That the lyricopening theme of the Largo shouldspontaneously suggest the words 'Goin'home, goin' home' is natural enough, andthat the lines that follow the melody shouldtake the form of a negro spiritual accordswith the genesis of the symphony.-- William Arms Fisher, Boston, July 21,1922.There's no break, there's no end,Jes'a livin' on;Wide awake, with a smileGoin' on and on.Some have written that "Goin Home" wasbased on a spiritual written by HarryBurleigh. But there is no evidence to supportthat claim, even though Burleigh knewDvorak. Instead, it is William Arms Fisherwho should be credited with adapting andarranging this song in "the form of a negrospiritual."Fisher described his song as: "a movingexpression of that nostalgia of the soul allhuman beings feel." Thus, it might besuitable for a funeral or any other occasion"of the soul."But, like the words of the song, the falseclaims for this beautiful and poignant songjust keeping"Goin' on and on."More recordings and copyrights:1923 Edna Hicks, acc. by Porter Grainger,Ajax 17012 (from Lord, wasn’t in Rust)1923Goin' home; words and melody by PorterGrainger and Bob Ricketts [of U.S.], arr. byP. Grainger. © 1 c. Apr. 20, 1923; E 561756;Zipf music pub. co., New York.Article on Porter Grainger confirms this as thesong that Edna Hicks recorded, also the 1924song by Rosa Henderson.1924 Rosa Henderson Emerson 107471928 Joe Venuti’s Blue Four OKeh 41251,Vocalion 3043. Credit on the OKeh isBloom-Lang-Venuti, but not in copyrightbooks.1928I'm goin' home ; negro spiritual, by ClarenceCameron White, arr. by Chas. J. Roberts[pseud, of Charles Kraushaar]; full orch.,with pf. conductor. © Sept. 21. 1928; 2 c.Nov. 19 : E—Pub. 774; Carl Fischer. inc.,New York. 23660Not sure what to make of this: The “spiritual”version of Dvorak’s melody is the one byFisher, but his lyrics repeat the line “I’m goin’home” over and over, so his version ends upgetting referred to frequently as “I’m Goin’Home.”1934 Boswell Sisters Brunswick 6951. Creditis Fisher-Dvorak--and it sure sounds like aspiritual to me. They’re singing Fisher’slyrics.1937 Tommy Dorsey Victor 25600. Rust:“Adapted from Largo—2nd movement ofSymphony ‘From the New World’ by AntonDvorak, arr. by Carmen Mastren).” Actually,the credit on that record is Dvorak--Arr. byDorsey & Mastren.” Makes it swing a lot.1940-45 Glenn Miller on several radio showslater issued on LP/CD. Miller’s version muchcloser to the Dvorak original, with stringsection.1944 Woody Herman Coral CRL56090,Brunswick BL54024, Ajax 2311947 Wynonie Harris & Big Joe TurnerImperial (French) 1561311949 Art Tatum Capitol H-269 (10" LP?)c. 1952 Argo Singers Trumpet 1631952 Lynn Hope Alladin 31341952 Harry James Columbia 39846, Ajax C-6611952 Sharkey Bonano Storyville (Denmark)SLP-6015. Found the first 20 seconds or soof this online, doesn’t sound like our tune.And LCSONIC says the credit for the Capitol1452 78 release is Mares-Stitzel-Vidacovich.1953 Ken Colyer Decca (UK) LF-1152,reissued many times, including Lake LPsand CDs My Lake CD reissue carries acredit of Dvorak/Colyer, which matches whatRouse saw on an earlier LP reissue.1955 Ken Colyer Live recording in Dusseldorfevidently issued first on Upbeat (UK) URCD-1801955 for BBC, issued on Upbeat (UK) URCD-111, URCD-1731956 Jack Teagarden Capitoll T-820, MosaicMD4-168 (CD)Many more recordings in Lord after this invarious genres.Actually turned out to be easy enough, sinceColyer himself never claimed more than creditfor rearranging the old Dvorak warhorse.Goin’ Out in a Blaze of Glory(Ted des Plantes)Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1409Goin’ Places (Joe Venuti–Eddie Lang)Andy Stein & Friends 11461146 said just Venuti.Rec. Venuti 5/4/27, OKeh 40825; ParlophoneR-2632, R-3352; Odeon 193014, A-189141.Odd: the flip side, “Doin’ Things,” recorded atthe same session, is in 1927 copyright book,but not this one, nor in 1926 or ’28.Several sources say Venuti-Lang . . . Aha,found the OKeh 40825, and credit is indeedVenuti-Lang.Goin’ to Town (Burton Lane–Harold Adamson)Alex Hassan 1322From 1931 Earl Carroll Vanities, says Alex innotes. But the Internet Broadway Databasesays the title is “Going to Town with Me.” Theonly two “Goin’ to Town” songs I could findwere by Ellington-Miley and by HaroldMooney and Hughie Prince, also from 1931,but they don’t seem to have had any part inEarl Carroll Vanities 1931.But no, here it is:Goin' to town; from Earl Carroll vanities, 9thed., lyric by Harold Adamson, music byBurton Lane; with ukulele arr. by May SinghiBreen. © Oct. 1, 1931; 2 c. Oct. 3; E pub.25534; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp., NewYork.Gold Digger (Will Donaldson–Duke Ellington)Lande’s Rhythm Club Orchestra 1327Rec. Johnny Ringer’s Rosemont Orch (huh?),9/16/27, Gennett 6280; Superior 310;Champion 15366 (as Wally Spencer’sGeorgians).Gold digger; stomp or fox trot, by WillDonaldson and Duke Ellington, arr. by Ourgang; orch. 4to. © Aug. 13, 1927; 2 c. Aug.25; E 670985; Denton & Haskins music pub.co., inc., New York.Gold Dust (Twins) (Nat Johnson)Tom Brier 12748/18, Nancy Wyndham: Our original covershows Gold Dust in all caps, with Twins Rag insmaller caps beneath it, as Jasen & Tichenor’scover shows. The copyright page has GoldDust in all caps, with (Twins) in smaller, darkercaps beneath it. There are two black childrenon the cover.8/30: Ed Sprankle describes it just like Nancydid, i.e.,