Leadbelly : the Library of Congress recordings.

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Where to find it

Southern Folklife Collection (Wilson Library)

Call Number
FC-188
Status
In-Library Use Only
Item Note
Special Collections material: Use of audio or visual material may require production of listening or viewing copies before use. Contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu before visiting reading room for more information.

Contents

Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse: Mr. Tom Hughes' town (5:11) ; De Kalb blues (5:00) ; Take a whiff on me (2:57) ; Medicine man (3:37) ; I'm sorry Mama (2:04) -- Square dances, Sooky jumps, Reels: Monologue: Square dances, sooky jumps ; Po' Howard (4:11) ; Monologue: Dance calls, dance steps (1:58) ; Gwine dig a hole (3:37) ; Tight like that (1:35) ; Green corn (2:09) ; Becky Dean (3:57) -- Penitentiaries: (Monologue: Prison singing (4:38) ; Midnight Special (2:53) ; I ain't gonna ring dem yellow women's do'bells ; Rock Island Line (3:29) ; Governor Pat Neff (4:53) ; Irene (6:55) ; Governor OK Allen (4:10) --

Contents (cont.): Spirituals: Git on board (3:45) ; Hallelujah ; Monologue: Joining the Church ; Backslider ; Fare you well ; Amazing grace ; Must I be carried to the sky on flowered beds of ease? ; Amazing grace ; Flowered beds of ease ; Down in the valley to pray (15:06) ; Let it shine on me (2:18) ; Run sinners (1:41) ; Ride on (1:35) -- Blues Monologue: The blues (2:08) ; Thirty days in the workhouse (3:53) ; 'Fo day worry blues (3:5l) ; Matchbox blues (4:40) ; You don't know my mind (4:11) ; Got a gal in town with her mouth chock full of gold (3:48) ; Alberta (4:50) ; Take me back (1:17) ; Henry Ford blues (3:27) --

Contents (cont.): Ballads: (Ella speed (9:08) ; Billy the weaver(1:30) ; Frankie & Albert (4:20) ; If it wasn't for Dicky (4:10) ; Mama, did you bring me any silver? (6:17) -- Topical, Protest: Bourgeois blues (5:35) ; Howard Hughes (2:10) ; Scottsboro boys (5:01) ; Hindenburg disaster (3:19) ; Turn yo' radio on (3:07) ; Roosevelt song (2:19).

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