Follow the Drinking Gourd

Traditional Spiritual · arranged by Johnson · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances92007–2026

Schools9

Avg concert1.781 is best

Straight ones33%3 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

Concert
Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 2 Tenor-Bass Chorus piece performed since 2007.

<1%of 8,644 performances

6 of this piece vs 8,638 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Angleton High Schoolavg 2.01×
Bondy Intermediateavg 1.01×
Bowman Middle School avg 2.01×
College Station High Schoolavg 2.01×
Cypress Park High School avg 1.01×
Davenport HSavg 2.01×
DeSoto East Middle Schoolavg 3.01×
Leonard MSavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Come Travel with Me — FarthingGr 3 · avg 1.01×
El Vito — Traditional SpanishMixed Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
Gloria — GiardiniereGr 3 · avg 1.01×
Gloria Alleluia — CrockerMixed Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 3.01×
I'm Bound Away — Anon. or Trad.Gr 2 · avg 1.01×
Kyrie — KlouseMixed Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
O Magnum Mysterium — RamosGr 3 · avg 2.01×
Simple Gifts — Anon. or Trad.Mixed Chorus · Gr 1 · avg 3.01×

Performances

All 9 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Bowman Middle School CC	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Stopping By Woods — Gray The Old Brass Wagon — Crocker	Melissa Bunzendahl	Varsity	2	1
2025	Cypress Park High School AAAAAA	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Two A Cappella Songs For Tenor/Bass Choir 2. Sing a Joyful Song — Jordan Ricks Gloria (TB) (opt divisi) (accomp) — Giardiniere	Kristopher Rodriguez	Non Varsity	1	1
2024	Davenport HSAAAA	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Tell my father — Ramsey O Magnum Mysterium — Ramos	Gid De La Rosa	Non Varsity	2	2
2024	Leonard MSCC	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Wayfaring Stranger — Greg Gilpin This Train — Donal Moore	Alyssa Frison	Non Varsity	2	2
2024	Randall Junior HighCC	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Im Bound Away (12714) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Moore Bonse Aba — Johnson	Morgan Farren	Varsity	1	1
2022	College Station High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	III. Alleluia (from Three a cappella Latin settings) (20708) (SAB) (unaccomp) (a cappella) — Estes El Vito (19586) (SAB) (accomp) — Traditional Spanish/Crocker	Kearby Etheredge	Non Varsity	2	1
2018	Bondy IntermediateCCC	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Viva Tutti (Italian) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Crocker Come Travel With Me (TTB) (accomp) — Farthing	Dan Miner	Varsity	1	1
2016	DeSoto East Middle SchoolCC	Mixed Chorus	Gloria Alleluia — Crocker Simple Gifts — Martin R. Rice	Jamal Walker	Non Varsity	3	3
2007	Angleton High SchoolAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Sing On This Festive Day (SAB) (optional hand drum and finger cymbals or triangle) — Arcadelt/Liebergen Kyrie (SAB) — Klouse	John Richardson	Non Varsity	2	3

Bowman Middle School
2026 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · CC · Varsity
Melissa Bunzendahl
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Stopping By Woods — Gray
- The Old Brass Wagon — Crocker
Cypress Park High School
2025 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Kristopher Rodriguez
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Two A Cappella Songs For Tenor/Bass Choir 2. Sing a Joyful Song — Jordan Ricks
- Gloria (TB) (opt divisi) (accomp) — Giardiniere
Davenport HS
2024 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity
Gid De La Rosa
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Tell my father — Ramsey
- O Magnum Mysterium — Ramos
Leonard MS
2024 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · CC · Non Varsity
Alyssa Frison
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Wayfaring Stranger — Greg Gilpin
- This Train — Donal Moore
Randall Junior High
2024 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · CC · Varsity
Morgan Farren
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Im Bound Away (12714) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Moore
- Bonse Aba — Johnson
College Station High School
2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Kearby Etheredge
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- III. Alleluia (from Three a cappella Latin settings) (20708) (SAB) (unaccomp) (a cappella) — Estes
- El Vito (19586) (SAB) (accomp) — Traditional Spanish/Crocker
Bondy Intermediate
2018 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · CCC · Varsity
Dan Miner
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Viva Tutti (Italian) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Crocker
- Come Travel With Me (TTB) (accomp) — Farthing
DeSoto East Middle School
2016 · Mixed Chorus · CC · Non Varsity
Jamal Walker
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Gloria Alleluia — Crocker
- Simple Gifts — Martin R. Rice
Angleton High School
2007 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity
John Richardson
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Sing On This Festive Day (SAB) (optional hand drum and finger cymbals or triangle) — Arcadelt/Liebergen
- Kyrie (SAB) — Klouse

All songs Grade 2 Tenor-Bass Chorus list

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