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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
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1416B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1416B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-24-09
Alternate Titles
The Orphan
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Boggs, Abner
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Pine Mountain settlement school
State
Kentucky
Town
Pine Mountain
County
Harlan
Editor Note
Extremely inconsistent levels. Possibly recorded on the 25th.
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A Poor Orphan Left Alone
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.
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
1457B4
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1457B4" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-01
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Begley, Fanny (Sewanee)
Begley, Lee
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Hell for Certain
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "Do You Hear My Mournful Story." Disc cuts out.
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A Poor Orphan Left Alone
guitar
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.
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
1493A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1493A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-09
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Hoskins, Boyd
Hoskins, Mrs. Boyd
Martin, Bert
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
Setting
At the home of Delbert Sibert
State
Kentucky
Town
Horse Creek
County
Clay
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A Poor Orphan Left Alone
guitar
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
2580A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122580A" 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
Identified on AFS card as ""Sadly Blows the Weeping Willow."" Molly says the song would be sung at funeral services.
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A Poor Orphan Left Alone
lyric 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
1493B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1493B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-09
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Hoskins, Boyd
Mrs. Boyd Hoskins
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
At the home of Delbert Sibert
State
Kentucky
Town
Horse Creek
County
Clay
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A Poor Orphan Left Alone (Part 2)
lyric song
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
6719B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1943023_6719B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1942-08-24
Genre
lyric song
comic song
Performer
Wilson, Addina Palmore
Wilson, Effie
Instrumentation
vocal
dulcimer
State
Kentucky
Town
Marrowbone
County
Cumberland
Editor Note
In discussion following Ms. Palmore says she learned the song from her cousin, who learned it from her cousin in Slick Rock in Metcalfe County.
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Title
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A Rich Old Miser
comic song
dulcimer
lyric 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
References
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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
0828B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1936001_0828B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1935-09
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York
County
New York City
Editor Note
Parenthetically referred to as "The crazy song" on AFS card^ it's assumed this is an arrangement of Jackson's own.
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Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
lyric 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
1594A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1594A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
Genre
dance tune
banjo tune
lyric song
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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Title
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Alabam
banjo
banjo tune
dance tune
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.
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
1542B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1542B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Alternate Titles
Boston Burglar
Poor Boy
Po' Boy
Coon Can
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Horne, Howard
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Is Referenced by
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books5">Originally:</a><br /><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books5"> Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. <span class="font17">Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads</span><span class="font16">. The Macmillan Company, 1941. <br /> (Includes transcriptions.) <br /><br /></span></a>
<p>Currently as:<br />Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. Dover, 2000.</p>
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Title
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As I Sat Down To Play Tin Can
lyric song
vocal
-
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
1989B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938009_1989B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-01
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Atkins, Bill
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
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Back to the Gravel Yard
lyric 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
1596B3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1596B3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
Alternate Titles
Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
Last Gold Dollar
Genre
dance tune
banjo tune
lyric song
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Editor Note
Title as appears on AFS card.
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Backin' to My Shack
banjo
banjo tune
dance tune
lyric song
vocal
-
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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
0075A5
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1935002_0075A5" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1933-08
Alternate Titles
Old Bangum
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Vowell, G.D.
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Harlan
County
Harlan
Is Referenced by
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings7">Child Ballads Traditional in the United States (Volume 1)</a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings7">. Edited by Bertrand H. Bronson. AFS L57, 1960. LP. </a> </span>
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Bangum and the Boar
lyric song
vocal
-
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
1992B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938009_1992B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-01
Genre
lyric song
popular country song
Performer
Atkins, Bill
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
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Be Nobody's Darling But Mine
guitar
lyric song
popular country 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
1406B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1406B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-15
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Lewis, Carl
Lewis, Mrs. Carl
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Middlesboro
County
Bell
Editor Note
This might be based on the 1931 Champion record by Howard Keesee & Loy Bodine.
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Beside the Ocean Blue
guitar
lyric 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
1559B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1559B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-23
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Cassity, Uncle Rube
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
West Liberty
County
Morgan
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles1">Lofgren, Lyle. “Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair.” <span class="font11">Inside Bluegrass (Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association)</span><span class="font10">. September 2011. (Article about “Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair” as sung by </span><span class="font12">Uncle Rube Cassity.)</span></a>
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Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
1984B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938009_1984B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-01
Alternate Titles
Somebody's Boy Is Homeless Tonight^ The Wandering Boy
Genre
lyric song
sentimental song
Performer
Donaldson, Findlay
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
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Title
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Bring Back to Me My Wandering Boy
lyric song
sentimental 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
2571B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AFC19390122571B2" 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
Identified on AFS card as ""Some Mother's Boy Tonight."" Followed by discussion of Molly's childhood.
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Title
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Bring Back to Me My Wandering Boy
lyric song
vocal
-
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
2003B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938009_2003B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-01
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Roark, George "Shortbuckle"
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
Editor Note
Presumably the title given is Roark's own. Refrain is "I love you, really love?¨ / More than all the world can know / You have proved [sic] to me false-hearted / you can now forever go."
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Broken-Hearted
banjo
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
1419A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1419A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-26
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Caldwell, John & Mrs.
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
The home of John Sizemore
State
Kentucky
Town
Marrowbone Creek
Gardner
County
Leslie
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Brother Green (part 1)
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.
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
1454A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1454A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-01
Alternate Titles
The Night-Hawk
Genre
lyric song
bawdy song
Performer
Begley, Clay
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hell for Certain
County
Leslie
Editor Note
A variant of the "unprintable" ballad of The Night-Hawk, adapted to warn of roving Civilian Conservation Corps workers.
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Title
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C.C.C. Blues
bawdy song
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.
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
1407A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1407A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-15
Genre
lyric song
comic song
Performer
Hale, Wade
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Noetown
Middlesboro
County
Bell
Editor Note
Hale might have been the same Wade Hale who tended bar in Bell Co., and died in 1943.
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Title
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Candy Man
comic song
guitar
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan Lomax Ohio and Indiana collection
Identifier
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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.
References
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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
1704B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938004_1704B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-03-29
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Steele, Craig
Steele, Pete
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Ohio
Town
Hamilton
County
Butler
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Title
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Careless Love
banjo
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
1461B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1461B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Casey Jones
fiddle
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.
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
A name given to the resource
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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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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Charming Billy
comic song
lyric song
play 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
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.
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
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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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
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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Title
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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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Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (part 2)
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
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 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
1423B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1423B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-26
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Caldwell, Matt
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
Setting
The home of John Sizemore
State
Kentucky
Town
Marrowbone Creek
Gardner
County
Leslie
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Corrina
guitar
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
1394A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1394A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-10
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Garland, Jack
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Arjay
County
Bell
Editor Note
One-line fragment of "Corrina, Corrina" followed by shorter fragment of an unidentified comic song. Not listed in AFC catalog.
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Corrina, Corrina (fragment)
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
1437A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1437A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-28
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Pace, Eliza
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Mrs. Lewis' hotel room
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Courting Is A Pleasure
lyric 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
1425B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1425A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-09-26
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Collett, J. F. (Farmer)
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
Setting
The home of John Sizemore
State
Kentucky
Town
Marrowbone Creek
Gardner
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Vocal by Collett, banjo by Brock. Extremely inconsistent levels.
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Cumberland Gap
banjo
lyric 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
0828A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1936001_0828A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1935-09
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
Town
New York
County
New York City
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Darling Corey
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan Lomax Ohio and Indiana collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/004
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
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
1712B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938004_1712B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-03-29
Alternate Titles
Darling Cora^ Darling Cory
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Steele, Pete
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Ohio
Town
Hamilton
County
Butler
Editor Note
Steels says he learned the song in Breathitt County from what sounds like "Jesse Harrell" on "Charles Creek."
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Darling Corey
banjo
lyric song
vocal
-
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
1990B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1938009_1990B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1938-01
Alternate Titles
Darling Cora^ Darling Cory
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Atkins, Bill
unidentified
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
Editor Note
Accompanying group of singers unidentified.
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Darling Corey
guitar
lyric 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
1454A1
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-01
Alternate Titles
Darling Cora
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Begley, Clay
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hell for Certain
County
Leslie
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Darling Corey
lyric song
vocal
-
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Title
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Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Kentucky Collection
Identifier
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AFC 1938/009
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of popular songs, folk songs, blues, miner's songs, children's songs, and topical songs about hard times, some with guitar and banjo accompaniment; and a few stories; plus church services, religious music, hymns, prayers, testimony, and sermons recorded in Kentucky by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">AFC 1938/009</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655412</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFS Number
2016A
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1938-01
Genre
dance tune
banjo tune
lyric song
Performer
Roark, George "Shortbuckle"
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Pineville
County
Bell
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Devilish Mary
banjo
banjo tune
dance tune
lyric 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
1519B1
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-14
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Title
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Dinah
banjo
lyric 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
1566B
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-23
Genre
dance tune
banjo tune
lyric song
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Kentucky
Town
Lacy Creek
Floress
County
Morgan
Editor Note
AFS card gives the date as 10/26, but Lomax announces 10/23 at the end of 1564B1.
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Dinah
banjo
banjo tune
dance 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
2568A
Digital Object
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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
Jackson says the song was composed by a lumberjack on the Clinch River in Tennessee. Sung to the tune of ""Pretty Saro.""
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Don't Believe in a Woman, You're Lost If You Do
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
1446A2
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-09-29
Alternate Titles
Little Darling
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Bailey, Virgie
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Don't the Road Look Rough and Rocky (part 1)
lyric 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
1446B1
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-09-29
Alternate Titles
Little Darling
Genre
lyric song
Performer
Bailey, Virgie
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Dublin Core
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Title
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Don't the Road Look Rough and Rocky (part 2)
lyric song
vocal