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American music, folk : records from the collection of Harry Smith
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- Title on containers: Anthology of American folk music
- Title on containers and inserts: American folk music
- Included Titles
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- Henry Lee
- Fatal flower garden
- The house carpenter
- Drunkard's special
- Old lady and the Devil
- The butcher's boy
- The railroad boy
- The wagoner's lad
- Loving Nancy
- King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
- Old shoes and leggins
- Willie Moore
- A lazy farmer boy
- Peg and awl
- Ommie Wise
- My name is John Johanna
- Bandit Cole Younger
- Charles Giteau
- John Hardy was a desperate little man
- John Henry
- Gonna die with my hammer in my hand
- Stackalee
- White House blues
- Frankie
- The Titanic
- When that great ship went down
- Engine 143
- Engine One-Forty-Three
- Kassie Jones
- Down on Penny's farm
- Mississippi boweavil blues
- Got the farm land blues
- Sail away lady
- The wild wagoner
- Wake up Jacob
- La danseuse
- The dancer
- Georgia stomp
- Brilliancy medley
- Indian war whoop
- Old country stomp
- Old dog Blue
- Saut crapaud
- Jump, frog
- Arcadian one-step
- Home sweet home
- Newport blues
- Moonshiners dance
- Must be born again
- Oh death where is thy sting
- Rocky road
- Present joys
- This song of love
- Judgment
- 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
- 50 miles of elbow room
- Fifty miles of elbow room
- I'm in the battlefield for my Lord
- 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
- The mountaineer's courtship
- The Spanish merchant's daughter
- Bob Lee Junior blues
- Single girl, married girl
- Le vieux soulard et sa femme
- The old drunkard and his wife
- Rabbit foot blues
- Expressman blues
- Poor boy blues
- Feather bed
- Country blues
- 99 year blues
- Ninety-nine year blues
- Prison cell blues
- See that my grave is kept clean
- C'est si triste sans lui
- It is so blue without him
- Way down the old plank road
- Buddy won't you roll down the line
- Spike driver blues
- K. C. moan
- Train on the island
- The Lone Star Trail
- Fishing blues
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- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Folkways Records, [1952]
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- 6 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, monophonic ; 12 in
- OCLC
- ocm06552756
- Credits
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- Various performers
- Folk songs, ballads, spirituals and blues.
- Edited by Harry Smith.
- In 3 containers.
- Identical booklets containing program notes by Harry Smith and Moses Asch and bibliographical and discographical references (28 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.) laid in each container.
- Forms part of: Robert Andresen Collection.
- Recorded between 1927 and 1932.
- v. 1. Ballads: Henry Lee. Fatal flower garden. House carpenter. Drunkards special. Old lady and Devil. The butcher boy. The wagoners lad. King Kong Kitchie. Shoes and leggins. Willie Moore. Lazy farmer boy. Pet and awl. Ommie Wise. John Johanna. Cole Younger. Charles Giteau. John Hardy. John Henry. Stackalee. White House blues. Frankie. The Titanic. Engine 143. Kassie Jones. Penny's Farm. Boweavil blues. 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. Born again. Oh death. Rocky road
- (Cont.) Present joys. This song of love. Judgment. Better things. Laid my burden down. John the Baptist. Dry bones. John the revelator. Little Moses. Shine on me. 50 miles of elbow room. In the battlefield.--v. 3. Songs: The coo coo bird. East Virginia. Minglewood blues. One morning in May. James Alley. Sugar baby. I wish I was a mole. Mountaineer's courtship. Merchant's daughter. Bob Lee Junior. Single girl. Le vieux soulard. Rabbit foot blues. Expressman blues. Poor boy blues. Feather bed. Country blues. 99 year blues. Prison cell blues. Two white horses. C'est si triste. Down Plank Road. Roll down the line. Spike driver blues. K. C. moan. Train on the island. Lone star trail. Fishing blues
- v. 1, Ballads: Henry Lee (Dick Justice) ; Fatal flower garden / Nelson, Touchstone (Nelstone's Hawaiians) ; The house carpenter (Clarence Ashley) ; Drunkard's special (Coley Jones) ; Old lady and the Devil (Bill and Belle Reed) ; The butcher's boy (The railroad boy) (Buell Kazee) ; The wagoner's lad (Loving Nancy) (Buell Kazee) ; King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o ("Chubby" Parker and his old time banjo) ; Old shoes and leggins / E. Dunford (Uncle Eck Dunford) ; Willie Moore (Burnett and Rutherford) ; A lazy farmer boy (Buster Carter and Preston Young) ; Peg and awl (Carolina Tar Heels) ; Ommie Wise / G. B. Grayson (G. B. Grayson) ; My name is John Johanna (Kelly Harrell) ; Bandit Cole Younger / Crain (Edward L. Crain) ; Charles Giteau (Kelly Harrell) ; John Hardy was a desperate little man / A. P. Carter (Carter Family) ; John Henry (Gonna die with my hammer in my hand) (Williamson Brothers and Curry) ; Stackalee / Hutchison (Frank Hutchison) ; White House blues (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) ; Frankie (Mississippi John Hurt) ; The Titanic (When that great ship went down) (William and Versey Smith) ; Engine 143 (Engine One-Forty-Three) / A. P. Carter (Carter Family) ; Kassie Jones / F. Lewis (Furry Lewis) ; Down on Penny's farm (Bently Boys) ; Mississippi boweavil blues (Bently Boys) ; Got the farm land blues (Carolina Tar Heels) --
- v. 2, Social music: Sail away lady ("Uncle Bunt" Stevens) ; The wild wagoner (J. W. Day) ; Wake up Jacob (Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers) ; La danseuse = The dancer (Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard) ; Georgia stomp / Jim Baxter (Andrew and Jim Baxter) ; Brilliancy medley / A. C. Robertson (Eck Robertson and Family) ; Indian war whoop / F. Ming (Floyd Ming and Pep-Steppers) ; Old country stomp / Thomas (Henry Thomas) ; Old dog Blue / Jim Jackson (Jim Jackson) ; Saut crapaud = Jump, frog (Columbus Fruge) ; Arcadian one-step (Joseph Falcon) ; Home sweet home (Breaux Freres) ; Newport blues / Bob Coleman (Cincinnati Jug Band) ; Moonshiners dance / Cloutier (Frank Cloutier and Victoria Cafe Orchestra) ; Must be born again / Gates (Rev. J. M. Gates) ; Oh death where is thy sting (Rev. J. M. Gates) ; Rocky road (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers) ; Present joys (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers) ; This song of love (Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1) ; Judgment (Rev. Sister Mary Nelson) ; He got better things for you / T. Roberts (Memphis Sanctified Singers) ; Since I laid my burden down (Elders McIntosh and Edwards, assisted by Sisters Johnson and Taylor, Sanctified Singers) ; John the Baptist (Rev. Moses Mason) ; Dry bones (Bascom Lamar Lunsford) ; John the Revelator (Blind Willie Johnson) ; Little Moses / A. P. Carter (Carter Family) ; Shine on me / E. Phipps (Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Singers) ; 50 miles of elbow room (Fifty miles of elbow room) (Rev. F. W. McGee) ; I'm in the battlefield for my Lord / Rice (Rev. D. C. Rice and his Sanctified Congregation) --
- v. 3, Songs: The coo coo bird (Clarence Ashley) ; East Virginia (Buell Kazee) ; Minglewood blues / Noah Lewis (Cannon's Jug Stompers) ; I woke up one morning in May (Didier Herbert) ; James Alley blues / R. Brown (Richard (Rabbit) Brown) ; Sugar baby ("Dock" Boggs) ; I wish I was a mole in the ground (Bascom Lamar Lunsford) ; The mountaineer's courtship (Mr. and Mrs. Ernest V. Stoneman) ; The Spanish merchant's daughter / E. Stoneman (Stoneman Family) ; Bob Lee Junior blues / Clayton Shade (Memphis Jug Band) ; Single girl, married girl / A. P. Carter (Carter Family) ; Le vieux soulard et sa femme = The old drunkard and his wife (Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon) ; Rabbit foot blues / L. Jefferson (Blind Lemon Jefferson) ; Expressman blues / James Rachel (John Estes) ; Poor boy blues / Willard Thomas (Ramblin' Thomas) ; Feather bed / Gus Cannon (Cannon's Jug Stompers) ; Country blues ("Dock" Boggs) ; 99 year blues (Ninety-nine year blues) / J. Daniels (Julius Daniels) ; Prison cell blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) ; See that my grave is kept clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson) ; C'est si triste sans lui = It is so blue without him (Clemo Breaux with Joe Falcon and Ophy Breaux) ; Way down the old plank road (Uncle Dave Macon) ; Buddy won't you roll down the line / Macon (Uncle Dave Macon) ; Spike driver blues (Mississippi John Hurt) ; K. C. moan / Tewee Blackman (Memphis Jug Band) ; Train on the island / J. P. Nestor (J. P. Nestor) ; The Lone Star Trail : talkie hit from Universal picture The wagon master (Ken Maynard) ; Fishing blues / Thomas (Henry Thomas)