AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT WORKS INC.
BOOKS
“People Get Ready! : A New History of Black Gospel Music”
Author: Bob Darden
New York : Continuum 2004
“America's music : From the Pilgrims to the Present”
Gilbert Chase 1987 PUB: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Stories Behind the Best Loves Songs of Christmas
Author: Ace Collins
Zondervan, Brand Rapids MI, 2001
Traditions of Christmas and the Stories Behind Them
Author Linda J. Beam
FaithPoint Press, 2008
Songs of Christmas and the Stories Behind Them
Author: Tommy & Renee’ Pierce
FaithPoint Press, 2008
The Christmas Carol Reader
Author: William Studwell
Haworth Press, 1995
WEB SOURCES
harmoniousmusic.com/blog
http://www.harmoniousmusic.com/blog/?tag=rise-up-shepherds-and-follow#:~:text=It%20first%20appeared%20in%20print,of%20Georgia%20and%20North%20Carolina.&text=There's%20a%20star%20in%20the%20East%20on%20Christmas%20morn,up%2C%20shepherd%2C%20and%20follow.
The History Detectives
Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2008
http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2011-05-19/611_slavesongbook.pdf
Hymnology Archive
https://www.hymnologyarchive.com/rise-up-shepherd-and-follow
Wikipedia