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\u201cOpen the Window\u201d originated on the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina, as \u201cHeist the Window, Hoah.\u201d It has its roots in enslaved Africans who were brought from Sierra Leone to work the rice fields. This is a recording of the McIntosh County Shouters, singing another song in a similar style to give you an idea of the nature and power of this music (with commentary from the documentary\u00a0\u201cJubilee\u201d):
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BtYh-L173KU\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

From the 1929 film \u201cSt. Louis Blues\u201d Mahalia Jackson and Pearl Bailey sing \u201cHeist the Window, Noah,\u201d the Sea Island Spiritual that inspired \u201cOpen the Window\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=shMqAAH6oAw<\/a><\/p>\n

Bi-lingual Spanish\/English version with Lisset & Judith Rod\u00e9s & Mick Kinney\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yfuvi821yug&list=PLRhQuQHc-lE4iG04UcWND1Kyt4Py2RyWd&index=12<\/a><\/p>\n

Elise & Lea Morris w\/ Sing Language\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z-DmsSuY-5o<\/a><\/p>\n

Elise & Mick \u201cOpen the Window\u201d w\/Something Else @ Local Color, Springville AL\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W290ehd4EEg<\/a><\/p>\n

Rising Appalachia sings Open the Window leading into \u201cWider Circles\u201d ~ Live in Berlin 2017\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1-UAVHoCbHg<\/a><\/p>\n

Lydia Violet Hartoonian sings \u201cOpen the Window\u201d as a mash up with the Persian song \u201cMajnoon Naboodom\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYoZ7kB54nc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Elise Witt\u00a0adapted\u00a0from the Sea Island Spiritual \u201cHeist the Window, Noah\u201d
\n\u00a9 Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP<\/p>\n

Recorded on Elise\u2019s CD\u00a0\u201cOpen the Window\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on EMWorld Records EMW-1008
\nIncluded in\u00a0All Singing: The Elise Witt Songbook<\/a>
\nAvailable as SATB, SSAA, TTBB choral arrangements in the\u00a0Elise Witt Choral Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Profits from \u201cOpen the Window\u201d support the\u00a0Penn Center<\/a>\u00a0on St. Helena Island SC, preserving and sustaining the Gullah Geechee culture. http:\/\/www.penncenter.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n[playlist artists=\"false\" images=\"false\" ids=\"3720,3719\"]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11178,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[138],"product_tag":[157,143,161,147,139,159,148,331,149,140,156,150,151,141,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-3715","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"product_cat-choral-series","6":"product_tag-birth","7":"product_tag-choices","8":"product_tag-dark-light","9":"product_tag-elders","10":"product_tag-environment","11":"product_tag-flower-communion","12":"product_tag-home","13":"product_tag-immigrationrefugees","14":"product_tag-justice","15":"product_tag-language-2","16":"product_tag-mindfulness","17":"product_tag-peace","18":"product_tag-regeneration","19":"product_tag-sign-language-2","20":"product_tag-struggle","21":"product_shipping_class-choral","22":"entry","24":"first","25":"instock","26":"taxable","27":"shipping-taxable","28":"purchasable","29":"product-type-variable","30":"has-default-attributes"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",850,1100,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-232x300.png",232,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-768x994.png",768,994,true],"large":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-791x1024.png",791,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",850,1100,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",850,1100,false],"square-entry-image":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",309,400,false],"vertical-entry-image":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",400,518,false],"horizontal-entry-image":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",425,550,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside.png",850,1100,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-500x500.png",500,500,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-655x848.png",655,848,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Open-the-Window-SATB-outside-100x100.png",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jessica Lily","author_link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"by Elise Witt\u00a0adapted\u00a0from the Sea Island Spiritual \u201cHeist the Window, Noah\u201d \u00a9 Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP Recorded on Elise\u2019s CD\u00a0\u201cOpen the Window\u201d\u00a0on EMWorld Records EMW-1008 Included in\u00a0All Singing: The Elise Witt Songbook Available as SATB, SSAA, TTBB choral arrangements in the\u00a0Elise Witt Choral Series Profits from \u201cOpen the Window\u201d support the\u00a0Penn Center\u00a0on St.…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3715"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3715"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}