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ORGANIZED
Selections of
Plantation
AS SUNG BY
A. D. 1878.
Songs
THE WORLD RENOWNED
COLORED.
VOCALISTS
Permanent Address. Delaware, O.
ORGANIZED IN 1873.
The Famous Company
అ
Donavin's "Famous" Tennesseeans.

1873.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL TOUR.
1883-84.
SIX YEARS of Unparalelled Success in the Western States!
First Trip East Since 1877.3+er
My last visit to the East with the TENNESSEEANS was in the season of 1876-77.
The demand on me for Concerts has been so great in the West that I have been unable to visit
the East since the date mentioned. I have now determined to take the Famous Tennessee-
ans, Colored Concert Company, East for the season of 1883-84. This is in response to a per-
sistent demand for them by a large number of those who heard them on their former trip, or
more recently in the Western States. Since our last visit a number of Colored Companies have
travelled through the Eastern States, claiming and professing to be the Original Tennesseeans.
At this writing there is one giving concerts in Western Pennsylvania (en route east), claiming
to be the Original Tennesseeans. This company, with all others who have laid claim to "Origi
nal Tennesseeans" are frauds, and are unworthy of support. I am no longer annoyed by these
impostors in the West; they have fled from the territory where I am prominently known, and I
am determined that they must cease to impose their fraudulent companies on the Eastern people.
It is my intention now to give my celebrated Company to the East until every hamlet shall be
able to distinguish between DONAVIN'S "FAMOUS" TENNESSEE ANS, and the weak imitators
of my great organization. The testimonials which precede the visit of my Advance Agent
are of such a pronounced character that there is no possibility of mistaking his identity. No other
troupe can furnish testimonials of such weight and character.
(See 3rd Page of Cover.
1.

34.
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per-
or
Ive
Allegro.
RISE! SHINE! AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY,
1. Yes,
Do you
I
think I'll make a
think you'll make a
soldier, soldier? Do you think I'll make a
soldier, sol - dier; Yes, I think you'll make a
soldier, soldier ?
soldier, sol- dier;
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Fine.
:
Do
Yes,
you
think I'll make
I think you'll make
a
a
sol dier, sol
sol - dier,
sol
dier? The year of
dier; The year of
Ju - bi
Ju - bi
lee.
lee.
--
CHORUS. In staccato style.
B
ns.
ng
gi.
ese
11
le.
be
Ors
Rise! shine! an' give Gol de glory, glory, Rise! shine! an' give God
Rise an' shine, an'
de
give God
ent
glory, glory,
6-
--
her
de glo - ry.
glory,
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Repeat, pp.
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The year
of
Ju - bi
lee.
2 Fighting for our Master Jesus, Jesus, etc.,
In the battle he will lead us, lead us, etc.
Cho--Rise! shine! ete
3 We are climbing Jacob's ladder, ladder, etc.,
Every round we're climbing higher. higher, etc.
Cho--Rise shine! etc

CHORUS.
STEAL AWAY TO JESUS.
Steal
a-
way, steal
a -
way, Steal
a way
to
Je - sus!
Steal
a - way,
steal
DUET.
Fine.
a - way home, I aint got long to stay here. 1. My Lord calls me He calls me by the
2. Green trees are bending--Poor sin -ners stand a
D. C. al Fine.
1.
thun - der; The trum - pet sounds with - in
trem-bling; The trum - pet sounds with - in
my
soul,
I
my
soul,
aint
aint
got long
got long
to
stay here.
to
stay here.
3 My Lord calls me-
He calls me by the lighting;
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I aint got long to stay here. Chorus.
4 Tombstones are bursting-
Poor sinners stand a trembling;
The trumpet sounds within my sou,
I aint got long to stay here. Chorus.
DONAVIN'S "FAMOUS" TENNESSEEANS,
The famous Colored Vocalists, whose fame is universally acknowledged, are the
Finest Colored Vocalists Living, as the Press, Pulpit and Public affirm.
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CHORUS.
GOOD NEWS! THE CHARIOT IS A COMING.
Moderato. Con anima.
Good news,
ENTIRE
COMPANY.
Good news,
Al sigore del tempo.
Good news,
good news, the har-iot is a com-in',
Good news, the char-iot is
a com-in'
- way,
good news
news,
by the
stand a
good news, the
C. al Fine
here.
here.
he
1
good
char-iot is a com-in', an' I don't want you to leave a
me
behind.
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1.
J Gwine to
2.
Dar's a
When de
get up in de chariot a carry me home, Gwine to get up in de char-iot a car-ry me home, Gwine to
big camp-meeting in de heaven, my Lord, Dar's a big camp-meeting in de heav-en, my Lord, Dar's a
trum pet blow
ju bilo, When de trum-pet blow
dat ju bi lo, When de
hope dat trum- pet will blow me home, I hope dat trum-pet will blow me home, I
dat
get up in de chariot я
big camp-meeting in de
carry
me
heav-en,
my
trum- pet blow
hope dat
dat
trum-pet will
ju
bi
blow
me
home,
Lord,
lo,
home,
An' don't want you
An' I don't want you
An' I don't want you
An' I don't want you
to leave રી
me
to leave a me
to leave a me
to leave a me
be- hind.
be-hind.
be-hind.
be- hind.
Dar's no back-slidin' in de heaven, I know,
An' I do n't want you to leave a me behin',
Dar's no back-hitin' in de heaven, I know,
An' I don't want you to leave a me behin'.
Dar's milk an honey in de heaven, I know,
An' I don't want you to leave a me behin',
No rebukin' in de churches in heaven, I know,
An' I do n't want you to leave a me behin'

WE'LL CAMP A LITTLE WHILE IN THE WILDERNESS.
Allegro ma non troppo.
ENTIRE COMPANY.
CHORUS.
ff
We'll camp a little while in the wilderness, few days, few days, we'll camp a little while in the wilderness, an' then we'll all go home.
04-
DUET. Sop. and Tenor.
Repeat verses.
CH
A
PA
1. You'd bet-ter
2. You'd bet-ter
3. You'd bet-ter
con estusiasms.
b'lieve de
be
be
Bible, You'd bet-ter b'lieve de
be
pray-ing, You'd bet-ter
a
be
marching, You'd bet-ter
a
Chorus to 3d stanza.
a
a
Bible, You'd bet-ter b'lieve de
be
bet-ter
pray-ing, You'd
be
marching, You'd bet-ter
a
a
Bi- ble
praying
marching
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HOME
We'll shout a little while in the wilder ness, few days,
Crescendo e incalcendo poco a poco...
f
An' den we'll all
go home.
ff
few
days, we'll shout
a
little while in
the wilderness an' then
all
we'll
go
home.

1 go home
verses.
ble
y-ing
rching
2
days,
ome.
CHORUS
Adagio religioso.
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT.-Arioso Cantate.
QUARTETTE.
Sustenuto. 1
p Aflitto.
Sustenuto.
Swing low,
sweet char i
ot,
Con- ing for to
f Afittando..
carry me home.
Affitto.
Swing low
Sustenuto.
sweet
char - i
ot,
Coming for
f Afflitt..
to
car ry
me home.
Dim.
Marcato la melodsa ed accell...
3
Coming for to
f Affl...
car-ry
me home?
Mar. la mel. ed accell.
1. A band of an - - gels
2. Tell all my friends I
3 I'll tell you of my brightest day,
Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Coming for to carry me home.
Chorus.-
1 I
2. If
looked over Jordan and what did I see
you get there before I
do,
Com-ing for to carry me home?
f Accell.
Dim.
com-ing af ter me,
am com-ing to,
4 I'm sometimes up and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home.
But still my my soul feels heavenward bound,
Coming for to carry me home.
Chorus.-

DONAVIN'S FAMOUS
TENNESSEEANS
-:THE:
Talented & Refined Colored Concert Company
Are singing to crowded houses nightly. The popularity of this
Company becomes greater daily.
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Over 3000 Concerts Given in the United States & Canada thugh
And every mail brings calls from all sections from parties desiring to engage these famous
singers. Lecture Associations, Churches, Individuals, and others wishing the services of
DONAVIN'S "FAMOUS" TENNESSEEANS, Address,
J. W. DONAVIN, Prop. & Manager.
Executive S. K. DONAVIN, Business Manager.
R. C. HUBBARD, Advance Agent.
Staff.
J. W. DONAVIN,
LOCK BOX 65.
DELAWARE, O.
porie
mics
retat
Pnise
Pam
++BEWARE OF THE MANY IMITATORS.
1884 Donavin, J. W;
Do
(Sink fund)
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It is with pleasure and pride that I look back over the life of this Company. I organized
them in 1873, on the very heels of the great panic, and yet their each year has been marked by
an unparalelled success, and they have given more than 3000 Concerts in 21 States, 3 Territories
and the Canadas. Last season commenced September 5th, 1882, and closed June 26, 1883; they
sang every night except Sunday, and every concert gave unbounded satisfaction, and they have
been either invited to return or have been Re-engaged in Nearly 200 Places. No colored
company except my own gives a varied entertainment that delights ALL classes of people nightly
represented in an audience, and the fact of their having an established reputation warrants me
in guaranteeing them to be the safest company for local auspices to handle ever in organization.
Do not be deceived by the many imitators who have sprung into existence merely because of the
marvellous success attained by my WELL-KNOWN Company.
The Tenneesseeans were organized by me ten years ago to raise funds for the Central Ten-
nessee College. The Company and myself were under the control of the Freedman's Aid So
ciety. After completing a thoroughly successful engagement of several seasons with the society,
and accomplishing the purpose for which they were organized, I saw that the public was not
through with these extraordinary vocalists. They were at once re-organized under my own
proprietorship, and in so doing I promised the public that the standard of the company and their
music should be the same as that maintained when in former years the Tennesseeans won their
reputation of being the most popular colored company ever organized. That I have kept this
promise, and am still keeping it, I refer to the voice of the press and pulpit.
Believe me, for good music,
Your Jonly

Pam
1884 Donavin, I
Do
EVANS
GAS PRINT
DELAWARE