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Field recordings / Soloists: Wash Dennis, and others; Ensemble: Old Train Caller From New Orleans, Unidentified Female Singer, Lester Fairley (Smith, Fairley, Thomas &Smith), Group, The McDonald Family (Aunt Mollie &Joe), Unidentified Female Singer (Convict), Curtis Harton &Group, Group From Nassau, with Drum, Nassau String Band, Washington ("Lightnin'"), Mississippi School Children, Three Children, Four Girls Aged About 16, Five Women, Group Of Women Prisoners, 3 Girl Prisoners, Group Of School Children, Bob And Leroy, Unknown, Georgia Field Hands, Hannah Bessellion, Unidentifed Group Of Tobacco Workers, Whistler's Jug Band.
Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941) Streaming audio Available online
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- Conference/Event
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Dennis, Wash.
- Conference Name:
- International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work.
- Series:
- Music online: American song.
- Music online: American song
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- Folk music.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Document Records, [date of publication not identified]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1: Twas On A Monday
- Oh Lawd, Don't 'Low Me To Beat 'Em
- (The) New Buryin' Ground
- Bitin' Spider
- Can't You Line 'Em
- Laying Rail Chant (1 & 2)
- Have Children Of My Own
- Po' Boy
- Frankie And Johnny
- Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)
- Shake It, Mama
- John Henry
- Freight Train Blues
- Keep Away From The Bloodstained Banners
- Tennessee Dog
- Run Down, Eli
- We Are Almost Down To The Shore
- Jaybird (take 1)
- Jaybird (take 2)
- Corn-Shucking Time
- Daddy, Where You Been So Long?
- I Used To Work On The Tractor
- Thought I Heard My Banjo Say
- House Done Built Without Hands
- Dis Ol' Hammer
- Shines Like A Star In The Morning
- Do, Lord, Remember Me
- Poontang Little, Poontang Small
- Oh The Lamb Of God Done Sanctified Me
- I'll Go On
- Rise, Run Along, Mourner
- Oh Jesus, Let Me Ride
- I'm Strivin'
- Blues.
- Vol. 12: Waking-Up Song
- Captain Got A Long Chain
- Dock Cries
- Lifting Oysters
- When The Train Comes Along
- Oh! I Thought I Heard The Wild Ox Moan
- Calling Hogs
- Boll Weevil Been Here
- Railroad Wreck
- Take This Hammer
- Everywhere I Look This Morning
- Walk Together, Children
- I Feel The Spirit Moving
- Georgia Land
- Every Day Mail
- Tin Can Alley
- Nailed King Jesus Down
- When The King Was In Trouble, He Seen The Handwriting On The Wall
- The Tramp
- Jesus Made May Just What I Am
- All Night Long
- Raise A Ruckus Tonight
- Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
- Jonah
- In His Care
- Ain't It A Shame
- I'm A Pilgrim And A Stranger
- Jesus Is My Aeroplane
- Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
- I'm A Royal Child
- Motherless Children Sees A Hard Time
- Everbody Troubled
- When De Moon Go Down And Vanish Away.
- Vol. 13: Dat's All Right Honey
- If I Get My Ticket, Lord
- Pick A Bale O' Cotton
- Little John Henry
- Wake Up, Sleepy
- Track-Laying Holler
- Track-Calling
- Golden Slipper
- My Record Will Be There
- My Lord, What A Morning
- Oh! Noah!
- Traveling Shoes
- Adam And Eve, It's Fire Down There
- Seal Up Your Book, John
- There's A Great Camp Meeting
- Daniel Saw The Stone - Part 1
- Daniel Saw The Stone - Part 2
- No More, My Lord
- Wasn't I Lucky?
- Lord, Don't Turn Your Child Away
- Red River Blues
- Knock Along Brother Rabbit
- Oh Br'r Rabbit, Shake It
- Steal Her, Golden Boy
- Near The Cross
- Tossed And Driven
- I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
- Toasts
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Going Walk Around In Jordan Tell The News
- Dog Caught A Hog
- Sermon On Job, Job
- Soon One Mornin'
- Jubilee
- De Blood Done Sign My Name
- The Angels Rolled The Stone Away
- Join The Band
- Got My Ticket
- Where Was My Lord Born
- Death Came A-Knockin'
- God Don't Like It, No, No
- Pauline
- Climbing Up The Mountain To Jordan
- Zachriah
- The Handwriting On The Wall
- I'm On My Way.
- Vol. 14: Will You Guide Me?
- Ain't That Good News?
- It Keeps On Leakin' In This Old Building
- How Did You Feel When You Come Out Of The Wilderness?
- The Sun Didn't Shine Out On Yonder Mountain
- The Holy Baby
- Have You Any Time For Jesus
- When The Moon Went Down And Vanished Away
- I'm Looking For The Man That Don't Know Jesus
- Travelin' Shoes
- Forgive Me Lord, One More Time
- Good Evening Everybody
- Golden Bells
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
- John The Revelator
- Twenty-Fifth Day Of December
- When Was Jesus Born?
- Now What A Time
- What A Time
- Heaven In My View
- When The Roll Is Called In Heaven
- Brother Moses
- New Jerusalem
- I Want Somewhere To Lay My Head
- He Knows How Much We Can Bear.
- Vol. 15: The Boll Weevil
- I Love My Jelly Roll
- Holler
- Interview
- Hitler Toast
- Rock Me, Shake Me
- Witness For The Lord
- I'm Goin' To Lean On The Lord
- Done Taken My Lord Away
- Rock, Daniel
- Shout For Joy
- You Got To Stand Your Test In Judgement
- Low Down Your Chariot And Let Me Ride
- Father, I Stretch My Hand To Thee
- The Roguish Man ( Part 2)
- The Roguish Man ( Part 1)
- Interview And The Strayhorn Mob
- The Boll Weevil
- Interview And Tuning Of Four Hole Quills
- So Soon I'll Be At Home.
- Vol. 2: Prison Blues
- Let's Go To Bury
- Do You Call That Religion
- Travelin' To That New Buryin' Ground
- Look Down That Lonesome Road
- Blackberries; Flowers
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Jesus Is My Only Friend
- Finger Ring
- Old Man Satan / Drive Old Satan Away
- Glory To God My Son Come Home
- Blow Boys Blow
- Alabama Prison Blues
- (Ain't) Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Fandango
- Salt Water Blues
- Boll Weevil
- Roosevelt And Hitler - Part 1
- Roosevelt And Hitler - Part 2
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Blues - When Saints Come To Town
- My Big Fat Hipted Mama
- Smithy Rag
- Jumpin' Judy
- Track-Lining Song
- Steel Laying Holler
- Rock Island Line
- It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
- Holy Babe - Part 1 & 2
- Joe De Grinder
- John Henry.
- Vol. 3: Calling Trains
- Lead Me To The Rock
- Rosie (Big Leg Rosie)
- Mississippi Sounding Calls (A-1)
- Mississippi Sounding Calls (B-1)
- Arwhoolie (Cornfield Holler)
- Oh The Sun's Goin' Down And I Won't Be Here Long (Quittin' Time Song) / (Another) Quittin' Song
- Mealtime Call
- Heaving The Lead Line (Calls And Song To Pilot)
- Little Girl, Little Girl
- (Jes'A) Pullin' The Skiff
- Shortenin' Bread
- The Keghouse Blues
- Interview: How Long (2 parts)
- The Worried Life Blues
- Interview: Fo' Day Blues
- Unidentified Ragtime Tune
- Walking Billy
- Unidentified Ragtime Tune / Interview
- Interview (1,2,3)
- Corrina
- Careless Love
- Angel Child
- The Carrier Railroad (The Carrier Line)
- The Arkansas Traveller
- The Devil's Dream
- Leather Britches
- Rice Straw
- After The Ball Is Over
- Soon In The Mornin'.
- Vol. 4: I'm Going To Leland
- I Don't Mind The Weather If The Wind Don't Blow
- Diamond Joe
- Old Cold 'Taters
- We're Goin' Around The Mountain
- Sissy In The Barn
- Little Rosie Lee
- Old Lady Sittin' In The Dining Room
- Little Sally Walker
- All Around The Maypole
- Ol' Uncle Rabbit
- See-Lye Woman (Sea Lion)
- Gwan Roun' Rabbit
- Satisfy
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
- Railroad Bill
- Tilas Mack
- Stagolee
- Spanish War
- All The Friends I Got Is Gone
- Goin' To War
- Brady
- Sun Going To Shine In My Door Some Day
- Meridian Jail House
- Didn't He Ramble?
- Take A Whiff On Me
- Kansas City
- I'm Gwine To Texas
- Steamboat Days (Steamboat-Loading Holler)
- Ho, Boy, Caincha Line? (Lining Track)
- Rosie
- Knock Jim Booker To De Low Ground
- Trouble So Hard
- Choose Yo' Seat And Set Down
- Handwriting On De Wall
- Another Man Done Gone
- Boll Weevil Blues
- Down On Me
- Certainly, Lord
- Job, Job
- Poor Little Johnny
- Go To Sleep
- All Hid.
- Vol. 5: Shake, Shake Mattie
- The Western Cowboy / Honey, Take A Whiff On Me / Angola Blues / Angola Blues / Frankie And Albert (119)
- Irene / Take A Whiff On Me / You Cain' Lose Me, Cholly / Irene / Irene / Ella Speed (120)
- Mr Tom Hughes Town (121-A)
- I Got Up This Morning, Had To Get Up Soon (122-A-2)
- Western Cowboy (122-B)
- Blind Lemon Blues (123-A)
- Matchbox Blues ("Hawaiian Blues") (123-B)
- (Don't) The Moon Looks Pretty
- Les Haricots Sont Pas Salš
- Railroad Rag
- Nobody's Business If I Do
- Bully Of The Town
- Old Hen Cackled And Rooster Laid An Egg
- I Done Tole You
- Irene
- Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
- The Man Of Calvary (Easter Service)
- Roll 'Im On Down
- Dig My Grave
- Round The Bay Of Mexico
- Bowline
- Sail, Gal
- Hallie Rock
- Bimini Gal.
- Vol. 6: Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
- Go Down Old Hannah
- Shorty George
- The Grey Goose
- Run, Nigger, Run
- Barbara Allen
- Old Rattler
- That's All Right Baby
- Long John
- I Wonder What's The Matter
- Hammer Ring
- The Dallas Railway
- Rabbit In De Garden
- Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here
- Long Hot Summer Days
- My Pore Mother Keeps On Praying For Me
- Smokey Mountain Blues
- Ella Speed
- Long Freight Train Blues
- Desert Blues
- Tie-Tamping Chant
- Rail Unloading
- Possum Was An Evil Thing
- Come On Boys And Let's Go To Huntin'
- Johnny Got A Meat Skin Laid Away
- Old Baldy
- Take It Away
- After Hours Improvisation
- This Old World Is In A Terrible Condition.
- Vol. 7: The Train
- The Fox And The Hounds
- Alabama Blues - Part 2
- Uncle Bud (1&2)
- Frankie And Albert (Cooney And Delia)
- Po' Laz'us (Every Mail Day; Muley On The Mountain)
- I'm A Pilgrim
- John Henry (-A)
- John Henry (-B)
- Casey Jones
- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
- Out In The Cold Again
- Blues
- Tone The Bell Easy
- Motherless Child
- Franky And Albert (Cooney And Delia)
- Po' Boy, Long Ways From Home
- A Dream Of Mine
- Blues (I Ain't Got No Mama Now) (-1)
- Blues (I Ain't Got No Mama Now) (-2)
- What Did The Doodle-Bug Say To The Mole?
- Education Blues
- Uncle Bud
- Prisoner Blues.
- Vol. 8: Oh Dago
- Catin Prie Done Pour Ton N?gre
- Rockaway
- S'En Aller Chez Moreau (English-French Ring Song)
- Je Veux Me Marier (Afro-French Ring Song)
- Blues De La Prison (French Negro Blues)
- L-̀Bas Chez Moreau
- Bonsoir Timon (Bye-Bye, Bonsoir Mes Parents)
- Ta, Papa (Tous Les Samedis)
- Come Up Horsey, Hey, Hey
- You're Gonna Need My Help Someday
- How'm I Doing It, Hey, Hey
- I Got A Man In New Orleans
- Today Is Monday (Everybody Happy)
- I'm Runnin' Over The River
- O John The Rabbit (Old John The Rabbit)
- Rabbit
- Mister Rabbit
- Penitentiary Blues (Rickentiest Superintendent)
- Go 'Way Devil Leave Me Alone (Part 1 & 2)
- Rabbit On A Log
- Make The Devil Leave Me Here
- If There's Anybody Here Wants To Buy Some Cabbage
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Penitentiary Blues (Part 1 & 2)
- Workhouse Blues
- Dangerous Blues
- Big Mac From Macamere
- No Mo' Freedom
- I Got A Man On The Wheeler (Levee Camp Blues)
- Where Have You Been John Billy?
- (The) Last Month Of The Year
- Old Apple Tree In The Ground
- Noah Built The Ark
- Railroad Man
- Oh Mr Dooley, Don't 'Rest Me
- To Be Sho' (Hey Logan)
- Susie Gal
- Chariot Jubilee
- Sometimes I Wonder
- Bye Bye Baby.
- Vol. 9: Boogie Lovin'
- 30 Days In Jail
- Ding Dong Ring
- Hard Times, Hard Times
- Prison Bound Blues
- Georgia Chain Gang
- Shootin' Craps And Gamblin'
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Trouble Ain't Nothin' But A Good Man Feelin' Bad
- Black Woman
- Gonna Leave From Georgia
- Pick And Shovel Captain
- 6 Months Ain't No Sentence
- Down In The Chain Gang
- Nobody Knows My Name
- I Been Pickin' And Shovellin'
- Heaven Is A Beautiful Place I Know
- I've Got Another Building
- We're Going To Break Bread Together On Our Knees
- Rabbit In The Pea Patch
- Run Sinner, And Hide Your Face (Run, Sinner, Run)
- Bile Dem Cabbages Down
- The McKenzie Case
- If You Want To Make A Preacher Cuss
- Never Let The Deal Go Down
- Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
- Tomorrow
- My Ohio Home
- Happy I Am
- Foldin' Bed.
- Notes:
- Previously published as compact disc.
- Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 9, 2009).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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