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Ben King's Verse

Name: Ben King's Verse
Author: Benjamin King

Benjamin King

Read by Larry Wilson, GentleJim, Melanie T, Phil Schempf, Ilia Tivin, Katherine Rivera, Scotty Smith, Jason in Panama, nighthawks, Alitheia, antonygirgis and Jude · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction by John McGovern (3:41)
Biography by Opie Read (3:18)
If I Should Die (1:03)
Say When, and Say It (1:32)
Gittin' My Soul Inter Shape (1:42)
Evolution (3:00)
Gedder in Yo' Grain (1:15)
Jane Jones (2:47)
Elopement (1:06)
Her Folks an' Hiz'n (2:17)
The Yaller Jackets' Nest (1:45)
How Hank Died (2:27)
How Often (0:46)
Renton Harbor, Mich. (3:21)
Asphodel (1:11)
The Flowers' Ball (2:53)
De Sun's Comin' Back (1:29)
The River St. Joe (2:00)
The Robin and the Chicken (1:02)
Baby Up at Battenberg's (1:11)
No Harm Done (3:34)
The Fates (1:54)
Paraphrase (3:52)
If I can be by Her (2:14)
Toboggan (1:53)
De Bugel on de Hill (2:36)
Old St. Joe (3:01)
The Tramp (1:05)
The Chautauquan Maid (2:11)
I'm a Bluejay (1:16)
'Rastus King (1:52)
That Valentine (0:57)
De Good Ship (1:03)
A Casual Observation (1:10)
Like the New Friends Best (2:19)
A Negro Song of Home (1:54)
S'posin' (1:05)
Little 'Rasmus (2:06)
Nobody Knows (1:27)
She does not Hear (2:15)
Down the Mississippi (3:10)
The Mermaid (1:44)
De Blackbird Fetched de Spring (2:22)
Appearances (1:11)
The Girl with the Jersey (1:07)
If my Wife Taught School (1:52)
The Old Spinning Wheel (1:35)
The Owl and the Crow (1:22)
De Clouds am Gwin ter Pass (1:57)
A Summer's Afternoon (1:30)
I Fed the Fishes (2:49)
Ole Bossie Cow (1:22)
That Cat (1:15)
A Frog's Thanksgiving (1:25)
Lovey-Loves (1:07)
Hank Spink (1:22)
The Nile (1:23)
Like de Ole Mule Bes' (3:25)
De Ribber ob Life (2:26)
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1:59)
The Hair-Tonic Bottle (1:26)
De Circus Turkey (2:33)
Sofie Jakobowski (8:56)
Sunrise (0:43)
The Woodticks (1:43)
Didn't we, Jim? (2:10)
The Post-Driver (1:09)
Lef' de Ole Hoss Out (1:17)
Ec-A-Lec-Tic Fits (2:05)
Keep Him a Baby (1:46)
Angeliny (1:10)
De Eyarfquake (1:53)
The Pessimist (1:16)
But Then (2:07)
Presque Isle (1:55)
Beulah Land (1:31)
The Blackbird and the Thrush (1:28)
De Spring-House (1:30)
Under Obligations (1:06)
Cleopatra and Charmian (2:55)
Pinkey (2:40)
The Bung Town Canal (3:03)
De Massa (2:28)
Coonie in de Holler (1:30)
After Weidenfeller Goes (1:52)
Zaccheus (3:50)
A Retrospection (2:18)
St. Patrick's Day (1:49)
Injun Summah (1:20)
'Cause it's Gittin' Spring (1:38)
Decorate de Cabin (1:23)
The Ultimatum (1:12)
Dreamy Days (0:51)
When the Stage Gits in (2:01)
The Cultured Girl Again (1:21)
The Cushville Hop (1:23)
Gord Only Knows (1:53)
Jes' Take my Advice (1:23)
Patriotism and a Pension (1:43)
The Old Musician's Fate (4:12)
A Record from 'way back (2:19)
Thanksgibbin in Ole Virginny (1:19)
Grave Matters (1:35)
Comin' Christmas Morn (3:01)
Sad Fate of Yim Yohnsen (2:43)
Legend of the St. Joseph (2:46)
Little Jude (1:55)
Little Pucken Singer (2:10)
Down in Walhallalah (1:32)