Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton)

A treasury of Library of Congress field recordings, selected and annotated by Stephen Wade

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historical information

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A treasury of Library of Congress field recordings

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Recorded June 1934-Feb. 1946 in various locations

selected and annotated by Stephen Wade

Bonaparte's retreat (W.H. Stepp, fiddle) (1:49) -- Rock Island line (Kelly Pace ... [et al.]) (1:47) -- Pretty Polly (E.C. Ball) (2:17) -- Pullin' the skiff (1:04) ; Shortenin' bread (:52) (Ora Dell Graham) -- Sea lion woman (Christine and Katherine Shipp) (1:09) -- Soldier's joy (Nashville Washboard Band) (2:08) -- Another man done gone (Vera Hall) (1:24) -- Northfield (Singers of the 37th Annual Session of the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention ; led by Paine Denson) (1:08) -- When I lay my burden down (Turner Junior Johnson) (3:25) -- Grub Springs (W.E. Claunch) (1:15) -- Ain't no grave can hold my body down (Bozie Sturdivant) (4:08) -- Iron Merrimac (Judge Learned Hand) (1:43) -- Creek lullaby (Margaret) (:51) -- Coal Creek march (Pete Steele, banjo) (1:27) -- Worried life blues (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) (2:53) -- One morning in May (Texas Gladden) (3:16) -- The blood-strained banders (Jimmie Strothers) (1:20) -- Goodbye, Old Paint (Jess Morris) (4:28) --Lead me to the rock (Wash Dennis and Charlie Sims) (2:41) -- Glory in the Meetinghouse (Luther Strong, fiddle) -- The Avondale Mine disaster (John J. Quinn) (4:07) -- Roll on the ground (Thaddeus C. Willingham Jr.) (3:16) -- Diamond Joe (Charlie Butler) (2:12) -- Lost John (Sonny Terry) (4:38) -- Sept ans sur mer (Elita, Mary, and Ella Hoffpauir) (2:48) -- East Texas rag (Smith Casey, guitar) (2:08) -- Old Joe Clark (Wade Ward, banjo) (:49) -- The gypsy Davy (Woody Guthrie) (2:37) -- Kiowa story of the flute (Belo Cozad) (3:59)