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Bahamas 1935. Volume 2, Ring games and round dances
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, [2002]
- ℗2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm50390845
- Credits
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- Sung and played by native musicians
- Program notes inserted (photos, lyrics) into container.
- Field recordings from Nassau and Cat Island, Bahamas in 1935 made by Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.
- Compact disc.
- War down the line / Cleveland Simmons group (2:11) -- Hallie, rock / unidentified mixed group (2:02) -- Sail, gal (0:52) ; Sailin' in the boat (1:07) ; Little Sally Water (1:21) / Elizabeth Austin & group -- Sand gone in my cuckoo-eye / Frederick McQueen & group (2:07) -- Oh, Tilla (1:53) ; The devil roll like thunder (2:21) / Fox Hill male group -- The wind blow east (2:12) ; Biddy, Biddy (1:47) ; Auntie Dinah (2:15) ; Evalina (2:04) ; Oh, mama, red-eye (3:03) ; Congo dance (2:11) / unidentified mixed group -- No lazy man (2:03 ; The mail (2:12) / Rowena Bell & group --
- All day, all night long / unidentified mixed group (2:19) -- Bimini gal (2:21) ; Abaco is a pretty place (2:24) ; Wasp bite Nobi on her conch-eye (2:10) ; Don't you hurry worry with me (2:06) ; Delia gone (3:09) / Nassau string band -- Woman is a nation (2:04) / Fox Hill male group -- Married woman is a secret murder (2:30) ; Slide, mongoose, slide (2:34) / Nassau string band -- Oh, baby, lick it up / unknown singer (1:51) -- Bellamina (3:29) ; The greyhound boat/Round and round the barroom (3:56) ; Raw rum, gin and toddy (1:57) / Nassau string band