Description |
6 discs. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. 12 in. |
Note |
Title on containers: Anthology of American folk music; title on program note booklets: American folk music. |
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Edited by Harry Smith. |
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In 3 containers. |
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Identical booklets containing program notes and bibliographical and discographical references (28 p. ill.) laid in each container. |
Contents |
v. 1. Ballads: Henry Lee -- Fatal flower garden -- House carpenter -- Drunkards special -- Old lady and the devil -- The butchers boy -- The wagoners lad -- King Kong Kitchie -- Old shoes and leggins -- Willie Moore -- Lazy farmer boy -- Pet and awl -- Ommie Wise -- My name is John Johanna -- Bandit Cole Younger -- Charles Giteau -- John Hardy was a desperate little man -- Gonna die with my hammer in my hand -- Stackalee -- White House blues -- Frankie -- When that great ship went down --Engine one-forty-three -- Kassie Jones -- Down on Penny's Farm --Mississippi boweavil blues -- Got the farm land blues -- v. 2. Social music: Sail away lady -- The wild wagoner -- Wake up Jacob -- La danseuse -- Georgia stomp -- Brilliancy medley -- Indian war whoop -- Old country stomp -- Old dog blue -- Saut crapaud -- Arcadian one-step -- Home sweet home -- Newport blues -- Moonshiners dance -- Must be born again -- Oh death, where is thy sting -- Rocky road -- |
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(Cont.) Present joys -- This song of love -- Judgement -- He got better things for you -- Since I laid my burden down -- John the Baptist -- Dry bones -- John the revelator -- Little Moses -- Shine on me --Fifty miles of elbow room -- I'm in the battlefield for my Lord -- v. 3. Songs: The coo coo bird -- East Virginia -- Minglewood blues -- I woke up one morning in May -- James Alley blues -- Sugar baby -- I wish I was a mole in the ground -- Mountaineer's courtship -- Spanish merchant's daughter -- Bob Lee Junior blues -- Single girl, married girl -- Le vieux soulard et sa femme -- Rabbit foot blues -- Expressman blues -- Poor boy blues -- Feather bed -- Country blues -- Ninety-nine year blues -- Prison cell blues -- See that my grave is kept clean -- C'est si triste sans lui -- Way down the old Plank Road --Buddy won't you roll down the line -- Spike driver blues -- K. C. moan -- Train on the island -- Lone star trail -- Fishing blues. |
Performer |
Various performers. |
Event |
Recorded between 1927 and 1932. |
Subject |
Folk songs, English.
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Blues (Music)
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Added Author |
Smith, Harry.
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Added Title |
Anthology of American folk music.
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American folk music.
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Music No. |
FA 2951--FA 2953 Folkways Records |
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