God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
Title
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
Digital Object
Performer
Gunning, Sarah Ogan
Garland, Jim
Ledbetter, Huddie "Lead Belly"
Date Recorded
1938-01
AFS Number
2023A
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/009
AFC Catalog Record
Genre
hymn
sacred song
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
County
Bell
Town
Pineville
Is Referenced by
Romalis, Shelly. Pistol Packing Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong. University of Illinois Press. 1999. (Includes an anecdote on p. 131 that Leadbelly drove Aunt Molly Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle during a trip to Kentucky. Three recordings were made by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle of Leadbelly in Pineville, Kentucky in 1938.)
Reviews:
Adams, Carolyn Hazlett. “Aunt Molly Jackson: The Benefits and the Costs of Cussedness.” Appalachian Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3. Spring 1999, pp. 264-273.
Cohen, Norm. Western Folklore. Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 90-93.
Portelli, Alessandro. The Journal of American History, Vol. 87, No. 2. Sep., 2000, pp. 716-717.
Yates, Michael. Folk Music Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5. 1999, pp. 661-664.
Collection
Citation
“God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 29, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/393.