Fare Thee Well, Old Ely Branch
Title
Fare Thee Well, Old Ely Branch
Digital Object
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Date Recorded
1937-11-13
AFS Number
1939B
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/008
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
This song was composed by Aunt Molly Jackson in Knox Co., Kentucky, 25 years ago in a miner's strike.
Genre
topical song
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
County
New York City
Town
New York
Is Referenced by
Originally:
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. Oak Publications, 1967. (Includes transcriptions of songs collected from Jim Garland, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt Molly Jackson.)
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. Oak Publications, 1967. (Includes transcriptions of songs collected from Jim Garland, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt Molly Jackson.)
Currently:
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Citation
“Fare Thee Well, Old Ely Branch,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 29, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/179.