3
50
1413
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Title
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2573B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122573B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
bawdy song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
A bawdy variant of ""Casey Jones,"" with discussion of song following.
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Casey Jones
bawdy song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1486A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1486A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-08
Genre
ballad
Performer
Sibert, Boyd
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Webb Branch
Kayjay
County
Bell
Editor Note
Estimated date.
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Title
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Charming Beauty Bright
ballad
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1463B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1463B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
lyric song
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Title
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Charming Betsy
fiddle
fiddle tune
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2554A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122554A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Lomax: ""Where does that song come from, Molly?"" Jackson: ""It comes from where all the rest of the songs comes from I know - it comes out of the hills."" Lomax: ""Where'd you learn it, though?"" Jackson: ""I learned it in the mountains. I never learned none of these songs no other place for I never was nowhere else to learn nothing.""
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Charming Betsy
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1575B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1575B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-27
Genre
play song
Performer
Walters, Clay
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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Title
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Charming Billy
play song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2547B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122547B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
lyric song
play song
comic song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
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Title
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Charming Billy
comic song
lyric song
play song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1450B4
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1450B4" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-01
Genre
play song
children's song
Performer
Unidentified students
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Lower Hell for Certain School
State
Kentucky
Town
Dryhill
Hell for Certain
County
Leslie
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Title
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Chew My Chawing Gum
children's song
play song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1417A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1417A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-24-09
Genre
animal calls
Performer
Unidentified
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Pine Mountain fair
State
Kentucky
Town
Pine Mountain
County
Harlan
Editor Note
Possibly recorded on the 25th.
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Chicken, cow and hog calling (part 1)
animal calls
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1417B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1417B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-24-09
Genre
animal calls
Performer
Unidentified
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Pine Mountain fair
State
Kentucky
Town
Pine Mountain
County
Harlan
Editor Note
Possibly recorded on the 25th.
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Chicken, cow and hog calling (part 2)
animal calls
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFS Number
2537A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122537A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
topical song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Is Referenced by
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings19">Aunt Molly Jackson - The Library of Congress Recordings. <span class="font6">Rounder 1002, 1972.</span></a>
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Christmas Eve On the East Side (part 1)
topical song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFS Number
2537B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122537B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
topical song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion follows about the origins of the song and her tenement experience.
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings19">Aunt Molly Jackson - The Library of Congress Recordings. <span class="font6">Rounder 1002, 1972.</span></a>
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Christmas Eve On the East Side (part 2)
topical song
vocal
-
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Title
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John A. Lomax Southern States Collection, 1933-1937
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1935/002
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300">AFC 1935/002 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1935/002
AFS Number
0076A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1935002_0076A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1933-08
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Howard, James (Blind Jim Howard)
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Harlan
County
Harlan
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Cindy
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1939/012
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2535B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122535B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
topical song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Followed by discussion of song. Identified as AFS 2534 in card catalog.
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CIO Union Song
topical song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1499B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1499B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-11
Alternate Titles
All Night Long
Genre
topical song
Performer
Henson, Dawson
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Botto
Billy's Branch
County
Clay
Editor Note
A song in support of Henson's candidates of choice including two running for sheriff. Sung to the tune and with the chorus of "All Night Long." Henson was known as "Daugh" (AFS cards - and 1940 census - spell it "Daw").
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Clay County Election, 1933
guitar
topical song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1467B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1467B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-04
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Skeens, Lee
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Wooton
County
Leslie
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cluck Old Hen
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2539A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122539A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
topical song
ballad
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Followed by discussion of composition, inspired by the Fraterville explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn., in 1902 (not 1905 as Jackson says).
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Coal Creek Disaster
ballad
topical song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Ohio and Indiana collection
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AFC 1938/004
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, ballads, hymns, fiddle tunes, banjo music, interviews, and stories performed and spoken by various people throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Recordings made through the courtesy of organizers of the Ohio Valley Folk Festival; the Indiana Folk-lore Society meeting, Bloomington, Indiana; and the WPA Writers' Project in Indiana. The collection includes field recordings of military personnel at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; French folk songs recorded in Vincennes, Indiana; and Amish singers, including Eli J. Bontrager and Joni Easch, in the Goshen, Indiana area, performing hymns from Ausbund, das ist, etliche schöne christliche lieder, 10th ed. Includes Alan Lomax's field notes from his interviews with the performers (some of whom had worked in minstrel shows and medicine shows, and in community gardens), information about the song titles, music, and the singers. During parts of this field trip the Lomaxes were accompanied by Paul G. Brewster, who was also conducting fieldwork in the region.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655410">AFC 1938/004 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655410">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655410</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/004
AFS Number
1703A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938004_1703A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-03-29
Genre
banjo tune
Performer
Steele, Pete
Instrumentation
banjo
State
Ohio
Town
Hamilton
County
Butler
Editor Note
Discussion follows about provenance of the march^ the Coal Creek explosion^ and his banjo tuning.
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<p><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books8">Wade, Stephen. The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience<span class="font10">. University of Illinois Press, 2012. (Includes extensive and in-depth chapters on three Kentucky musicians and one of their performances recorded by Alan Lomax: Pete Steele, William Hamilton (W.H.) Stepp, and Luther Strong.)<br /><br /></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font10">Review: Olson, Ted. The Old-Time Herald. Vol. 13, No. 11, 2014. p. 40.</span></p>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles7">Rosenberg, Neil V. "'An Icy Mountain Brook': Revival, Aesthetics, and the 'Coal Creek March.'" <span class="font7">Journal of Folklore Research</span><span class="font6">, Vol. 28, No. 2/3. Special Double Issue: Labor Song: A Reappraisal, May - Dec., 1991, pp. 221-240. (Includes a case study of “Coal Creek March” as played on banjo by Pete Steele.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles15">Wolfe, Charles. “New Light on 'The Coal Creek March.'” <span class="font15">JEMF Quarterly</span><span class="font14">. Vo1. 12, No. 1, Spring 1976. p. 1-6. (Includes information on "Coal Creek March" as played several Kentucky musicians including Pete Steele on five-string banjo.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings2">Anglo-American Shanties, Lyric Songs, Dance Tunes and Spirituals. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings2">Edited by Alan Lomax. AFS L2, 1942. LP.</a> <br /></span>
<span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">Edited by Stephen Wade. Rounder Records, CD 1500, 1997. </a> <br /></span></span>
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Coal Creek March
banjo
banjo tune
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Title
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1017B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1017B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-28
Genre
topical song
ballad
Performer
Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day)
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
Editor Note
Day forgets the lyrics at several points and is prompted by Thomas.
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Title
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Coal Creek Troubles
ballad
fiddle
topical song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
Performer
Vowell, G.D.
Date Recorded
1937-09
AFS Number
1381A2
AFC Collection Name
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "Cole Creek War."
Genre
Comic song
topical song
ballad
State
Kentucky
Town
Harlan
County
Harlan
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_afs1381A2" width="500" height="140" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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Coal Creek War
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1570A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1570A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Alternate Titles
Cold Mountains
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Hampton, Nell
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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Cold Mountain Hills Are Falling Around Me
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1550A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1550A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-20
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Brewer, Ted
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Editor Note
Lomax announces that this song was composed by Brewer "about 1930 about the circuit judge, Judge Roberts," but very likely it was learned from B.F. Shelton's 1927 Victor record of the same name.
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Cold Penitentiary Blues
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle collection
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AFC 1938 008
Abstract
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Collection of recordings of miner's songs, union songs, and protest songs from Kentucky sung by Jim Garland, Aunt Molly Jackson, Sarah Ogan, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gelder.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655411">AFC 1938 008</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655411">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655411</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/008
AFS Number
1944A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938008_1944A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-11-13
Genre
topical song
Performer
Gunning, Sarah Ogan
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York
County
New York City
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Originally:<br /><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books3"> Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. Oak Publications, 1967. <span class="font18">(Includes transcriptions of songs collected from Jim Garland, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt Molly Jackson.)<br /></span></a><span class="font5"><span class="font5"><br /></span></span>
<p>Currently: <br />Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. University of Nebraska Press, 2012.</p>
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Come All You Coal Miners
topical song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, September 1935
Identifier
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AFC 1936/001
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655409">AFC 1936/001 </a>
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Collection of sound recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, a traditional singer from Clay County, Kentucky, singing ballads (including Child ballads), folk songs, hymns, spirituals, and popular songs for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress.
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655409">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655409</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1936/001
AFS Number
0827A4
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1936001_0827A4" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1935-09
Alternate Titles
Sweet Willie^ Little Willie
Genre
ballad
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York
County
New York City
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "My Lovely Bright-Eyed Jane."
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Come All You Fair and Handsome Girls
ballad
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1392A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1392A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-10
Alternate Titles
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Lovins, Shivy
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Arjay
County
Bell
Editor Note
Disc runs out.
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Come All You Fair and Handsome Girls (part 1)
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1392B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1392B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-10
Alternate Titles
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Lovins, Shivy
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Arjay
County
Bell
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Come All You Fair and Handsome Girls (part 2)
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1477B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1477B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-07
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Roberts, Hulda
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Goose Rock
County
Clay
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Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1477B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1477B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-07
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Sibert, Ella D.
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Horse Creek
County
Clay
Editor Note
The discrepancies between speeds and places - Goose Rock and Horse Creek (despite only a four-mile distance between them) - across these discs is flummoxing, especially given the back-and-forth between the contents.
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Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies
lyric song
vocal
-
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1016B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1016B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-28
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Unidentified
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
Editor Note
This fragmentary performance is unidentified in the AFS catalog. Setting and date are assumed.
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Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (fragment)
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2552A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122552A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
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Title
A name given to the resource
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (part 1)
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2553A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122553A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
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Title
A name given to the resource
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (part 2)
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1593A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1593A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
Genre
sentimental song
sacred song
Performer
Higgins, Branch H.
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Editor Note
First line given as title, as on AFS card. Banjo and singing can be heard behind.
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Come All You Friends and Dear Relations
sacred song
sentimental song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1575A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1575A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-27
Alternate Titles
The Roving Cowboy
Genre
ballad
Performer
Walters, Clay
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings14">Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 1930s. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings14">Edited by Richard Nevins and Charles Wolfe. [S.1.]: Yazoo, 2200, 2003. Set of 7 CD's. (Includes recordings from the collection.)</a> <br /><br /> Reviews:<br /><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html">Blech, Kerry.</a></span><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html"><span class="font8"> Old-Time Herald </span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html">9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004). </a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html">Pareles, Jon. </a></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html"><span class="font8">New York Times. </span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html">November 30, 2003. </a><br /><a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-04/153351/">Pekar, Harvey. </a></span><a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-04/153351/"><span class="font8">Austin Chronicle. </span><span class="font7">April 4, 2003.</span><span class="font8"> </span></a>
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Title
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Come All You Roving Cowboys
ballad
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax Kentucky recordings, 1942
Identifier
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AFC 1943/023
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of ballads, songs, and dulcimer music recorded in Marrowbone, Kentucky, by George Pullen Jackson and Alan Lomax, August 1942. Includes performances by Mrs. Addina Palmore, Mrs. A. P. Wilson and dulcimer and dingle bow tunes played by Miss Effie Wilson, and tuning of dulcimer with discussion by John Vincent.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2014655315">AFC 1943/023</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2014655315">http://lccn.loc.gov/2014655315</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1943/023
AFS Number
6719B3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1943023_6719B3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1942-08-24
Genre
play song
Performer
Wilson, Addina Palmore
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Marrowbone
County
Cumberland
Editor Note
Discussion follows. A fragment of a play-party song learned from a Mrs. Cox who was then living in Barren Co. AFS card credits Effie Wilson with dulcimer but is is sung unaccompanied.
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Come Hither and Thither and Trip Together
play song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1486B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1486B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-08
Genre
bawdy song
Performer
Sibert, Boyd
Sibert, Roy
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Webb Branch
Kayjay
County
Bell
Editor Note
Sung to the tune of "Barbara Allen." Estimated date.
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Come On, Come On, My Pretty Little Miss
bawdy song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1494B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1494B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-09
Genre
sacred song
Performer
Hoskins, Mrs. Boyd
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
At the home of Delbert Sibert
State
Kentucky
Town
Horse Creek
County
Clay
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Come Ye That Love the Lord
sacred song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2563B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122563B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
A discussion of her father dragging her from a Christmas Eve square dance at the Spivey family's house at the Queen City coal camp near East Bernstadt, Laurel Co. This is identified as ""Skip to My Lou"" on the AFS card as she recites a lyric that became the punch-line of the story.
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Commentary on a Christmas Eve square dance
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2548B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122548B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion of composing blues songs. This side is erroneously identified on AFS card as second half of ""Roll On Buddy.""
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Commentary on blues
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2551A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122551A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion of mixed-race banjo player named Dan Hawk whom Molly knew in Clay County, interspersed with singing and recitations.
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Commentary on Dan Hawk's songs / John Henry / Little Liza Jane
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2572B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122572B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
With examples of particularly rough toasts.
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Commentary on drinking toasts
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2587B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122587B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
commentary
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion of feuds and violence in the Kentucky and Virginia coal fields. Jackson ventures that the source of so much violence was the misery of living conditions.
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Commentary on feuds and violence in the coalfields
commentary
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2565A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122565A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
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Commentary on going to dances
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2588A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122588A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
commentary
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Including a lyric composed by the Baker family to disparage the Whites.
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Commentary on her father and the Baker-White feud
commentary
vocal
-
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1018A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1018A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-29
Genre
spoken
Performer
Williams, Martha
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
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Commentary on her son's conversion
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1398A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1398A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-11
Genre
spoken
Performer
Trusty, E.L.
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Paintsville
County
Johnson
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "Commentary on his visions."
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Commentary on his Holiness baptism and call to preach (part 1)
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1398B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1398B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-11
Genre
spoken
Performer
Trusty, E.L.
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Paintsville
County
Johnson
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "Commentary on his visions."
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Commentary on his Holiness baptism and call to preach (part 2)
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2572A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122572A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
play song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Recollection of singing ""little funny songs"" with other children, interspersed with various verses, among them some from ""Greasy String"" and ""Old Molly Hare.""
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Commentary on indecent childrens' songs / Tee-Dup, Tee-Dup / Greasy String
play song
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2559A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122559A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion of the dulcimers made by mixed-race luthier Dick Clark in Clay Co., and other instruments in the mountains: banjos, fiddles, mouth-bows, and Jews harps.
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Commentary on instruments in the mountains
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
2552B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122552B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
spoken
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Jackson discusses songs that men sung that women didn't like and vice versa. Lomax asks if she knows of fights that started over songs.
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Commentary on insult songs of the opposite sex
spoken
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson, May 1939
Identifier
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AFC 1939/012
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of songs, stories, and interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson of Clay County, Kentucky recorded by Alan Lomax in New York City in May 1939 for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. Jackson sings folk songs, Child ballads, and her own compositions about coal miners and life in coal camps. She discussses her family background, religion, and life in eastern Kentucky.
References
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<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">AFC 1939/012</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321">https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700321</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFS Number
3335B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390123335B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
Genre
commentary
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
County
New York
Editor Note
Discussion of songs forbidden by her parents, who believed play parties were sinful. She sings fragments of play songs ""Skip to My Lou,"" ""Charlie's Neat, and ""Three Dukes a Roving."" (Item identified in AFS card as ""Skip to My Lou."")
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Commentary on play-parties and forbidden songs
commentary
vocal
-
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1018A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1018A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-29
Genre
spoken
Performer
Williams, Alice
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
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Commentary on religious experience
spoken
vocal