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Negro folk music of Alabama.

Title
Negro folk music of Alabama. Vol. 1, Secular / recorded by Harold Courlander assisted by Ruby Pickens Tartt and Emma Courlander.
Publication
New York : Folkways Records, [1951], ©1951.

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AudioUse in library L4125 FE4417Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.
  • Tartt, Ruby Pickens, 1880-1974.
  • Courlander, Emma.
Description
1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono; 12 in. +
Series Statement
Ethnic Folkways library
Uniform Title
Ethnic Folkways library.
Alternative Title
  • Mama don\u0027t tear my clothes.
  • Southern Pacific.
  • Black woman.
  • Kansas City blues.
  • Salty dog blues.
  • I\u0027m goin\u0027 up north.
  • Little Sally Walker.
  • See see rider.
  • Mama\u0027 goin\u0027 to buy him a little lap dog.
  • Soon as my back\u0027s turned.
  • She done got ugly.
  • Now your man done gone.
  • Field calls.
  • Brer Rabbit and the alligators.
Subject
Note
  • Notes, by Harold Courlander, include introduction, texts.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in Alabama.
Contents
Mama don\u0027t tear my clothes -- Southern Pacific (played by Joe Brown) -- Black woman (sung by Rich Amerson) -- Kansas City blues ; Salty dog blues (sung and played by Red Willie Smith) -- I\u0027m goin\u0027 up north -- Little Sally Walker -- See see rider -- Mama\u0027s goin\u0027 to buy him a little lap dog (sung by Vera Hall Ware) -- Soon as my back\u0027s turned (sung by Earthy Anne Coleman) -- She done got ugly (sung by Archie Lee Hill) -- Now your man done gone (sung by Willie Turner) -- Field calls (plantation hollers by Annie Grace Horn Dodson & Enoch Brown) -- Brer Rabbit and the alligators (told by Rich Amerson).
OCLC
  • ocm13420742
  • SCSB-5277321
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries