Takin' Names

This is an old African American Spiritual that goes back to at least the 1890s - probably much older. It is performed under different names, "The Angel of Death," "There's a Man Goin' Round", "There's a Man", and just plain "Takin' Names (title as I learned it). Various people have performed it over the years, including Josh White, though many know it from a Peter, Paul, and Mary recording. It's a haunting melody with chords that absolutely ring with dark overtones on a guitar.

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