Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

Flipping randomly to a page in the The Book of American Negro Spirituals (Viking Press, 1925), edited by James Weldon Johnson, with musical arrangements by J. Rosamond Johnson, I stumbled upon this piece, which needless to say blew me away. In terms of technique, I use my thumb on the eighth note bass runs up to the C-position F Chord (the opening and main theme of the piece), which takes a little getting used to, but will definitely help roll that chariot along! The B section takes it harmonically and rhythmically in some nice directions. Just beware of not accelerating during the triplet runs towards the end (which I have a strong tendency to do if I don’t watch out). Otherwise, it is heavily swung, and would merit having some extra space in the chords - there's no real alternate bass Travis-picking going on, which should free you up to try and make it roll along in a nicely slouchy way!