The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Dublin Core
Title
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Alan Lomax Recording Item Type Metadata
Digital Object
Performer
Fannin, Pauline
Wilder, Gladys
Lewis, Dawn Leda
Date Recorded
1937-10-23
AFS Number
1562A2
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Identified as "The Lake of Poncytrain" on AFS card. Guitar arbitrarily assigned. Lewis' name appears as "Don Reda" on AFS card
assumption made that "Dawn" is the appropriate spelling. (Lomax also announces her name as "Dawn Leda.")
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
County
Morgan
Town
West Liberty
Collection
Citation
“The Lakes of Pontchartrain,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed May 10, 2026, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1092.