- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1867
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Commonly known as "No More Auction Block". A Negro spiritual, first published (with music) in "Slave Songs of the United States", edited by William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKim Garrison. It originated in Canada, where many African-Americans escaped after the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Possibly related to We Shall Overcome. - Licensing
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Song
Versions
Many Thousand Go written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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No More Auction Block | Paul Robeson with Lawrence Brown | 1949 | First recording on November 25, 1947 First release |
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Auction Block | Bill Bonyun | 1950 | |||
No More Auction Block for Me | Alan Mills | 1956 | |||
No More Auction Block | Lee Charles [US1] | April 1958 | |||
No More Auction Block for Me | Odetta | October 1960 | Live | ||
No More Auction Block | Ella Jenkins and The Goodwill Spiritual Choir | 1960 | |||
No More Auction Block | The Harvesters [GB] | 1960 | |||
No More Auction Block | Pete Seeger | 1961 | |||
No More Auction Block | The GoldeBriars | February 10, 1964 | |||
Many Thousand Gone | June Bugg | 1964 | |||
No More Auction Block | The Allen-Ward Trio | July 1965 | |||
No More Auction Block | The Kim and Reggie Harris Group | 1984 | |||
No More Auction Block | Bob Dylan | March 26, 1991 | Released more than 10 years after its recording | ||
No More Auction Block for Me | Sweet Honey in the Rock | August 13, 1991 | |||
No More Auction Block / Blowin' in the Wind | Bob Cohen | 1997 | Medley Live |
Many Thousand Go written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Many Thousand Gone | Leslie Bridges | May 30, 2013 |