Lonesome Dove

Title

Lonesome Dove

Digital Object

Performer

Jackson, Aunt Molly

Date Recorded

1939-27-05

AFS Number

2579A

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

Identified as ""The Little Dove"" on AFS card. Commentary follows
Jackson says her grandparents knew the composer, and claims he was a Kentuckian. (Lomax recorded a nearly identical version in the Ozarks in 1959 by Almeda Riddle.)

Genre

ballad

Instrumentation

vocal

State

New York

County

New York

Town

New York (Ny.)

Tags

Citation

“Lonesome Dove,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 19, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1433.