SCD CDA rec. coll. 41 Sound Lib. CDA Library of Congress : various, 16 - 2008. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc.

Lectures on American folk music in ten parts, written and read by John A. Lomax: 1. Two Sailors - Sea shanties and canal boat ballads. Containing excerpts from: Old Woman Under the Hill; Haul Away My Rosy; When Jones's Ale was New; Trip on the Canal; Dark Eyed Canaler; Barbara Allen -- 2. Boll Weevil - Songs about the little bug that challenged King Cotton. Containing excerpts from seven Boll Weevil songs. Library of Congress AAFS L51 (record 3312) -- 3. Spirituals - Religion through the songs of the Southern negroes. Containing excerpts from: The New Buryin' Ground; Jesus My God, I Know His Name; Choose Your Seat and Set Down; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child; Lead Me To the Rock; If I Got My Ticket, Lord; the Blood Strained Banders; God Don't Like It, No No -- 4. Railroad Songs - Work songs for rail tamping and track laying. Containing excerpts from: Can't You Line 'Em?; Track Laying Holler; Wake Up Call; Track Calling; the Dallas Railway; No More, My Lord; Steel Laying Holler; Pauline. Library of Congress AAFS L52 (record 3313). Listening copy of analog disc(s).



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