Golden Slippers

"Golden Slippers" is a spiritual popularized in the years following the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

As presented in its earliest recordings, "Golden Slippers" is a stirring and proud song, considerably different than its rather jaunty parody.

[8] As "What Kind Of Shoes You Gwine To Wear", the song was recorded in the late 1920s with a considerably different up-tempo melody and playful arrangement by William Rexroat and his Cedar Crest Singers.

[9] As the chorus sings each of the questions and responses, the lead singer interjects a smart-aleck answer before joining with them.

)[10] A performance of this latter arrangement appeared on the 1973 folk album "Lonesome Robin" by Bob Coltman, as "What Kind of Shoes".