Peter Was a Fisherman, le premier volume des enregistrements de Melville et Frances Herskovits en 1939 dans le village de Toco (Trinidad). Couvre toutes les formes musicales de ce village (352 morceaux).

Anthropologue américain spécialiste de l'Afrique et de l'Afro-Amérique, Melville Herskovits cherchait avec ces enregistrements des éléments permettant d'étayer sa thèse sur la permanence de traits africains dans les cultures afro-américaines

1. You Know One Joseph Keeba (Quadrille) - Margaret Wright
2. Invocation (Shango) - Andrew Beddoe (in Herskovits notes as "Biddle")
3. Yan mi, Yan mi (in Herskovits notes as "Nyami, Nyami Iwomoya) (Yoruba) (Oya) - Margaret Buckley
4. John Gilman Want Tobacco Carnival (Yankee Minstrel) - Victoria Philip
5. E-ajo Ajo (Adjo, Adjo) (Shango) - Sidney Bourne
6. The Bay Road Girls, They Have No Pride Reel (Quadrille) - Emelia Henry
7. Enyin Olowo (In Herskovits notes as "Eniyo Lowo Omana") (Yoruba) - Margaret Buckleyten
8. Roll Jordan Roll (Baptist Song) - Nanthaniel Babb
9. Yard-O 'Yaddo (Fisherman's Song) - Emile Paul
10. I Want a Pretty Woman (Bongo/40-Day Song) - Allan Lovelace
11. Oh, Send She Back (Old Song) - Margaret Wright
12. Eshu Bara (in Herskovits notes as "Ibara-bu Omodyn-ba") (Shango) - Mr. Frederick
13. Mureau, Mureau the Devil (Bongo) - Henry Williams
14. We Don't Want No Rice (Carnival) - Vernon Hedley
15. Ye! Ekun ara wa la mi sun (Yoruba) (Merriment) - Margaret Buckley
16. Explanation of Ye Ekun ara wa la mi sun - Margaret Buckley, France S. Herskovits
17. Ou Bel Marie Coolie (Carnival) - Emile Paul
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