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A life of song / Ella Jenkins.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- African American legacy recordings series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's songs--Juvenile sound recordings.
- Children's songs.
- Folk songs, English.
- United States.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- Folk songs, English--United States--Juvenile sound recordings.
- Genre:
- Children's sound recordings.
- Folk songs.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2011.
- Contents:
- Pick a bale of cotton
- One two three O'Leary
- Calling a square dance
- Black royalty
- Little Sally Walker
- Cotton-eyed Joe
- I want to be ready
- He's got the whole world in his hands
- Swing low, sweet chariot
- Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
- Standing in the need of prayer
- Amazing grace
- Somebody's talking about freedom
- Sadie complete
- Uncle Flood and the blues
- Milk cow blues
- Summertime
- The cuckoo
- The farmer in the dell
- This is your year, children
- I'm on my way to Canaan land.
- Participant:
- Ella Jenkins, vocals, harmonica, ukulele, drum ; Rita Ruby, guitar, vocals ; with children from Donoghue Elementary and Horace Greely Elementary Schools, Chicago.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Includes PDF of liner notes in English.
- Recorded and mixed by Pete Reiniger at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: SFW45067
- OCLC:
- 935126602
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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