Music
and Spoken Word
Margaret O. Moody sings
for Anne Grimes, Chillicothe, Ohio, September 9, 1955.
(Anne Grimes Collection. Photo by James
Grimes) |
In the 1950s, Anne Grimes
documented vestiges of traditional singing and dulcimer playing
in central and southern Ohio, where she lived, in photographs
and recordings. Here, Margaret O. Moody sings a song learned
from her family, who first settled in Ohio in the early 1800s. |
The printed copy of the American
Folklife Center Illustrated Guide includes an Audio CD. The selections
on the CD are presented here as mp3 files, along with the notes provided in
the book. Additional links to online collections have been added
to enhance the web presentation of this guide.
Produced by Jennifer Cutting
with selection assistance from Judith Gray,
Todd Harvey, Ann Hoog, and Michael Taft
Staff Engineer: Jonathan Gold
Mastering Engineer: Charlie Pilzer, Airshow Mastering
Disc transfers: Brittany Muehl and Larry Appelbaum
James Sam, The Cutting Corporation
Digital conversion: Peter Alyea.
Additional assistance:
Matthew Barton and Marcia K. Segal
Conversion of sound files for the online audio presentation:
John Barton and Jonathan Gold
Recordings are presented in RealPlayer format, and in MP3 if available. RealPlayer requires free downloadable software. Select this link for information "About Copyright and the Collections."
Select the
RealPlayer or MP3 link next to the title to play each recording:
1. "Roll
the Old Chariot Along" and "Haul the Woodpile Down." RealPlayer MP3 (0:57) Photo
of collector in the Foreword . Singers
unknown. Sea shanties recorded by Robert W. Gordon in the San
Francisco Bay Area of California in the early 1920s. Gordon
Cylinder Collection, cylinder 50, AFC 1928/002: AFS 18,995
A. [More recordings from the Gordon Cylinder Collection are
available online in the AFC presentation Folk-Songs
of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932.]
2. "Manabus
Tells the Ducks to Shut Their Eyes." RealPlayer MP3 (1:23) Photo
of collector in the Foreword. Sung
by Louis Pigeon. One of many legends concerning the culture
hero Manabus. In this story, he tricks ducks into dancing with
their eyes closed by promising to sing them his songs, then
wrings their necks one by one until one bird peeks, and they
escape. Recorded by Frances Densmore in Keshena, Wisconsin,
July-August, 1925. Frances Densmore Menominee Cylinder Collection,
AFC 1952/001: AFS 10,687 B5.
3. "For
to Drive My Father’s Cows" and “British Grenadiers." RealPlayer MP3 (1:18) Photo
in the Preface. Sung and played
on the fiddle by Carrie B. Grover. Recorded by Eloise Hubbard
Linscott in Gorham, Maine, 1943. Eloise Hubbard Linscott Collection,
AFC 1942/002: AFS 28,143 A1-2.
4. "Rocky My Soul." RealPlayer MP3 (1:38) Photo
in A National Project with Many
Workers. Sung by Uncle Rich Brown. Recorded by John
A. and Ruby T. Lomax in Sumterville, Alabama, October, 1940.
John and Ruby Lomax 1940 Southern States Recording Trip Collection,
AFC 1940/003: AFS 4027 B1. [This collection is available online
as the American Memory presentation Southern
Mosaic:The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording
Trip.]
5. "Mr. Phonograph." RealPlayer MP3 (1:11) Text
in A National Project with
Many Workers. Jesse Walter Fewkes talking to the new
Edison cylinder recording machine in order to demonstrate its
capabilities to a visiting Passamaquoddy man. Probably recorded
in Boston, late 1890-early 1891. Jesse Walter Fewkes Passamaquoddy
Cylinder Collection, AFC 1972/003: AFS 14,737 B15.
6. "Shove It Over." RealPlayer MP3 (2:35)
Sung by Zora Neale Hurston, with spoken commentary. Track lining
song learned by Hurston from Charlie Jones on a railroad construction
camp near Lakeland, Florida, in 1933. Recorded by Herbert Halpert
for the Federal Writers Project in Jacksonville, Florida, June
18, 1939. Herbert Halpert / Southern Recording Trip 1939 Collection,
AFC 1939/005: AFS 3136 A1.
7. "Old
Uncle Rabbit" and "Sea Lion Woman." RealPlayer MP3 (1:19) Photo
of collector in A National
Project with Many Workers. Sung by Christine and Katherine
Shipp. “Sea Lion Woman” was featured in the 1999
Paramount film The General’s Daughter. Recorded
by Herbert Halpert in Byhalia, Mississippi, May 13, 1939. Herbert
Halpert / Southern Recording Trip 1939 Collection, AFC 1939/005:
AFS 3008 A1 and B3.
8. Dance
song with solo vocal. RealPlayer MP3 (2:00) Text in A
National Project with Many Workers. Bambara dance
music performed on balaphons (gourd-resonated xylophones) and
hand drums by an ensemble of professional musicians, with solo
vocal by local singer “Lizahbet.” Recorded by Arthur
S. Alberts in the “pagan” (non-Muslim) quarter of
the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta),
1949. Arthur S. Alberts Collection, AFC 1953/008: AFS 10,754
A9.
9. "Jesus
Leads Me All the Way." RealPlayer MP3 (3:43) Photo
of collector in A
National Project with Many Workers. Sung with stamping
and clapping by Reverend Goodwin and the Zion Methodist Church
congregation. Since most Christian churches forbade slaves
from drumming, the Gullah style evolved with singers stamping
and clapping rhythmic accompaniment. In this recording, singers
stamp (and later clap) on the beat. Toward the end, however,
they shift abruptly to a syncopated clapping pattern while
their singing remains unsyncopated, a superb example of the
survival of African polyrhythms in the New World. Recorded
by Henrietta Yurchenco in John’s Island, South Carolina,
March 29, 1970. Henrietta Yurchenco / John’s Island Collection,
AFC 1996/066: 1.
10. Helen
Hartness Flanders / "The Farmer’s Curst Wife." RealPlayer MP3 (3:52) Photo
of the collector in A
National Project with Many Workers. Duncan Emrich
introduces Vermont folksong collector Helen Hartness Flanders,
who in turn introduces Asa Davis, an Irish-American singer
from Vermont. Davis was one of three singers who performed
at a lecture and concert entitled “New England Balladry,”presented
by Flanders in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress
in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 1948. Helen Hartness Flanders
Collection, AFC 1948/001: AFS 9127 A.
11.
Reactions to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. RealPlayer MP3 (1:39) Text
in A National Project
with Many Workers. Recorded by Philip Cohen and Alan
Lomax in Washington, D.C., December 8, 1941. “Man-on-the-Street” Interviews
Collection, AFC 1941/004: AFS 6358 A. [Additional recordings
from this collection are available in the American Memory presentation, After
the Day of Infamy: "Man on the Street" Interviews Following
the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.]
12. "White as
Snow." RealPlayer MP3 (1:45) Text in A
National Project with Many Workers. Riddles spoken
by Maggie Hammons Parker, with comments by Alan Jabbour. Recorded
by Alan Jabbour and Carl Fleischhauer in Marlinton, West Virginia,
April 23, 1972. Hammons Family Collection, AFC 1972/014: AFS
14,722 A3.
13. "White
House Blues." RealPlayer MP3 (2:50) Photo in A
National Project with Many Workers. Alan Jabbour introduces
the American Folklife Center’s first Neptune Plaza Concert:
a performance by the Bluegrass Cardinals, featuring Don Parmley
(banjo), David Parmley (guitar), Randy Graham (lead vocal,
mandolin), Warren Blair (fiddle), and John Davis (bass). Recorded
by the Library of Congress on the steps of the Thomas Jefferson
Building, April 25, 1977. Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection,
AFC 1977/003: AFS 18,983.
14. "Tom Dooley." RealPlayer MP3 (0:46) Photo
in Folk Music and Song. Sung
by Frank Proffitt, Sr. Recorded by Frank Warner in Beech Mountain,
North Carolina,1940. Anne and Frank Warner Collection, AFC 1950/002:
AFS 15,264 A2.
15. "A
Young Man’s Love" / "With His Old Gray Beard
A-Shining." RealPlayer MP3 (1:49) Related text in Folk
Music and Song. “Young Man’s Love” sung
by Gloria Trail. “Old Grey Beard” sung by Reba and
Wilma McDonald. Recorded by Vance Randolph in Farmington, Arkansas,
October, 1941. Vance Randolph Collection, AFC 1941/001: AFS
5286 A2 and B2.
16. "Soldier’s
Joy." RealPlayer MP3 (2:08) Photo in Folk
Music and Song. Played on tenor banjo by Myrtle B.
Wilkinson and on fiddle by Mrs. Ben Scott. Recorded by Sidney
Robertson Cowell in Turlock, California, October 31, 1939.
Sidney Robertson Cowell California Folk Music Project Collection,
AFC 1940/001: AFS 4772 A2. [This collection is available online as the American Memory presentation California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties.]
17. "Hijo,
hijo, mira esta muher." RealPlayer MP3 (0:34) Photo
in Folk Music and Song. Children’s
game song sung by Josephine and Aurora Gonzalez, Pearl Manchaco,
Lia Trujillo, and Adela Flores. Recorded by John A. and Alan
Lomax in San Antonio, Texas, May 1934. John A. and Alan Lomax
1934-35 Southern States Recording Trip Collection, AFC 1935/002:
AFS 10 A1.
18. "Figure Eight," done
to the tune of "Sally Goodin." RealPlayer MP3 (1:40) Photo
of collectors in Folk
Music and Song. Square dance with Walter King, caller;
Willard Brewer, fiddle, and Red Harmon, guitar. Recorded by
Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin at Shafter FSA migrant labor
camp, Shafter, California, August 4, 1940. The Charles L. Todd
and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, AFC 1985/001:
AFS 4114 A1. [This collection is available on line as the American
Memory presentation Voices
from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd & Robert Sonkin
Migrant Worker Collection.]
19. Chorus and dance. RealPlayer MP3 (1:07) Photo
in Folk Music and Song. Sung
and played by Rais Mahamad ben Mohammed and ensemble, musicians
of the Haha tribe in Tamanar. Recorded by Paul Bowles in Essaouira,
Morocco, August 8, 1959. Paul Bowles Moroccan Music Collection,
AFC 1960/001: AFS 11,625 3B.
20. "Já Estas
Com os Copos" (“You’re Already
Drunk, Don’t Drink Any More”). RealPlayer (2:52) Photo
in Folk Music and Song. Musicians
Olivete Maria (singer), Mário Bulhões (acoustic
guitar), and Duarte Tavares (Portuguese guitar), performing
a song from the Portuguese fado tradition at the IV Seasons
Restaurant in Lowell, Massachusetts. Recorded by Barbara Fertig
in Lowell, Massachusetts, November 14, 1987. Lowell Folklife
Project Collection, AFC 1987/042: LFP-BF-R001.
21. "Whipping
a slave." RealPlayer MP3 (1:10) Related text in Story
and Other Narrative Forms. Interview with Laura Smalley
about the days of slavery. Recorded by John Henry Faulk in
Hempstead, Texas, 1941. John Henry Faulk Texas Recordings Collection,
AFC 1941/016: AFS 5496 A and B. [For an anthology of recordings
of former slaves from AFC collections, see the American Memory
presentation Voices
from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories.]
22. "The Golden
Arm." RealPlayer (1:18) Photo in Story
and Other Narrative Forms. Excerpt from a story told
by North Carolina storyteller Jackie Torrence. Recorded at
the 1986 National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee.
International Storytelling Collection, AFC 2001/008: 83FEJC01
A1.
23. "The Heifer
Hide." RealPlayer (2:21) Photo in Story
and Other Narrative Forms. Excerpt from a “Jack
tale” told by North Carolina farmer and storyteller Ray
Hicks. Recorded at the 1990 National Storytelling Festival,
Jonesborough, Tennessee. International Storytelling Collection,
AFC 2001/008: 90FEPT11.
24. "Mad, Glad,
Sad." RealPlayer (2:46) Related text in Story
and Other Narrative Forms. Interview with veteran
James F. Walsh, who was a gunner in the Korean War. Recorded
by J.G. Webb in Chicago, Illinois, on September 9, 2003. Veterans
History Project Collection, AFC 2001/001/1939. [For more video
and audio recordings of veterans, see the Veterans History
Project online presentation Experiencing
War].
25. Reactions
to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. RealPlayer MP3 (4:08) Related
text in Story and Other
Narrative Forms. Interview with Lillie Haws, owner
of a New York City bar, conducted by Sarah Phillips in New
York City, on November 12, 2001. September 11, 2001, Documentary
Project Collection, AFC 2001/015: SR297. [For additional recordings
and other materials see the American Memory presentation September
11, 2001 Documentary Project.]
26. "Tabuh Gari." RealPlayer MP3 (2:03) Photo
in Dance. Played by the gamelan
semar pegulingan ensemble, or “love gamelan” named
for Semar, the god of love. Recorded by the Fahnestock South
Sea Expedition in Ubud [Teges], Bali, in 1941. Fahnestock South
Sea Collection, AFC 1986/033: AFS 25,863 A.
27. "Constant
Billy." RealPlayer MP3 (1:02) Related text in Dance. Sung
and fiddled by one of England’s most renowned Morris
dance musicians, Sam Bennett, from the village of Bampton-in-the-Bush,
Oxfordshire. Recorded by James Madison Carpenter on Dictaphone
cylinder in Bampton, England, in 1933. James Madison Carpenter
Collection, AFC 1972/001: AFS 19,903.
28. "Grand
Entry Song." RealPlayer MP3 (3:08) Related text and
photo in Dance. “Grand
Entry” is the name for the occasions in which all of the
powwow dancers enter the arena, announced by an emcee as they
arrive. Rufus White translates the song: “Our relatives
are making their way into the arena. God, please watch over
us.” Words include, “Pity us, and look at us, and
watch over us.” Played by the Host Drum. Recorded by Carl
Fleischhauer at the 1983 Omaha powwow in Macy, Nebraska. 1983
Omaha Powwow Collection, AFC 1986/038: 0388. [To learn more
about Omaha powwows and hear recordings of the events, go to
the online American Memory presentation, Omaha
Indian Music.]
29. "They
Was Made Out of Scraps." RealPlayer MP3 (2:08) Photo
in Material Culture. Interview
with quilter Alma Hemmings recorded by Geraldine Johnson in
Dobson, North Carolina, on September 19, 1978. Blue Ridge Parkway
Folklife Project Collection, AFC 1982/009: AFS 21,504: BR8-GJ-R68.
[See also, the American Memory Presentation Quilts
and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996.]
30. "My
Father Can Remember." RealPlayer (1:33) Photo in Community
Life and Celebration. Interview on the history of
Pinelands cranberry harvesting with Mark Darlington, whose
father invented a type of dry harvester and later developed
the wet harvester. Recorded by Mary Hufford in Whitesbog, New
Jersey, in November, 1983. Pinelands Folklife Project Collection,
AFC 1991/023: AFS 23,869 PFP83-AMH015.
31. "I
Made All My Children’s Dresses." RealPlayer MP3 (1:08) Related
text in Community Life and Celebration. Interview
with retired garment worker Rose Vecchierella about the sewing
she did at home for her family. Recorded by David Taylor in
West Paterson, New Jersey, on August 9, 1994. Working in Paterson
Project Collection, AFC 1995/028: WIP-DT-A009. [This collection
is available online as the American Memory presentation Working
in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting.]
32. "Why Rancher
Les Stewart Shuns New Technology for Branding." RealPlayer MP3 (0:56) Photo
in Community Life and Celebration. Interview
with Les Stewart videotaped by Carl Fleischhauer and William
A. Wilson at the Ninety-Six Ranch, Paradise Valley, Nevada,
on May 9, 1981. Paradise Valley Folklife Project, AFC 1991/021:
NV81-VT4. [Collection materials selected from the Paradise
Valley Folklife Project are available online in the American
Memory presentation, Buckaroos
in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982.]
33. "The Donkey’s
What Carried Mary to the Inn." RealPlayer (3:42) Text
in Community Life and Celebration. Interview
with Al and JoAnna Collette on the St. Joseph’s Day foods
in their family recipe book. Recorded by Paula Manini and Paola
Tavarelli in Pueblo, Colorado, on June 24, 1990. Italian Americans
in the West Collection, AFC 1989/022: IAW-PM-A002.
34. "Welcoming
the Spirit of the Sage." RealPlayer (2:40) Photo
in Community Life and Celebration. The
Confucian Ritual Orchestra from Taiwan performs a ceremony
to commemorate the birthday of Confucius at Castelar Elementary
School in Chinatown in Los Angeles, California. Recorded by
Nora Yeh on October 27, 1984. Nora Yeh Kemeny Family Collection,
AFC 2000/018.
35. "Unconstant
Lover." RealPlayer (1:36) Photo at the top
of this page. Sung by Margaret O. Moody. Recorded
by Anne Grimes in Chillicothe, Ohio, on September 9, 1955.
Anne Grimes Collection, AFC 1996/003 21A.
Bonus Track:
"The
United States Needs Prayer, Everywhere." RealPlayer MP3 (2:21) Photo
of the collector in A
National Project with Many Workers. Sung by Lulu Morris
and the congregation of the African Methodist Church. Recorded
by Herbert Halpert in Tupelo, Mississippi, in May, 1939. Herbert
Halpert / Southern Recording Trip 1939 Collection, AFC 1939/005:
AFS 2959 B1.
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