Collection Items

  • Audio Recording
    Stewboy
    Poor Lazarus | Hiking Jerry | Captain's Mule | Lord, Lord | Mule on the Mount | Stewball
    • Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - Hazelhurst, Harold B. - Halpert, Herbert
    • Date: 1939-06-18
  • Audio Recording
    Michigan I-O
    Colley's Run I-O
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | This song is based on the popular lumberman's song "Colley's Run I-O" and uses the same tune. (Content). This song was published on the Library of Congress recording "Songs of the Michigan lumberjacks" AAFS L 56, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Traverse City, Michigan. (Venue). Forms part of the Alan Lomax Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings Collection. (Source)....
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, Alan - Wells, Lester
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    The Lumberjack's Alphabet sound recording | 1 sound recording | This song was published on the Library of Congress recording "Songs of the Michigan lumberjacks" AAFS L 56, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Forms part of the Alan Lomax Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings Collection. (Source). Recorded in Greenland, Michigan. (Venue). October, 1938. (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, Alan - Schaffer, Gus
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    Shenandoah sound recording | Sung by Captain Richard Maitland at Sailor's Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY. Recorded in 1939 by Alan Lomax for the Archive of Folksong. (General). Forms part of the Captain Richard Maitland Recordings of Sea Shanties. (Source). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Maitland, Captain Richard
    • Date: 1939
  • Audio Recording
    Roll On Buddy sound recording | 1 sound recording | First pubished on Library of Congress LP AFS L61 "Railroad Songs and Ballads," edited by Archie Green. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in New York, New York. (Venue). The singer is from Clay County, Kentucky. (Biographical). Recorded in 1939. (Date). Forms part of the Alan Lomax Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson collection, part 1. (Source). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, Alan - Jackson, Aunt Molly
    • Date: 1968
  • Audio Recording
    I Heard a Sweet Robin
    Sweet Robin, One Morning in May
    • Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - Roberts, Wilbur - Cook, Robert Harrison
    • Date: 1940-01-16
  • Audio Recording
    Jump Isabel, Slide Water Comment
    • Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - Cook, Robert Harrison
    • Date: 1939-08-14
  • Audio Recording
    The Old Skipper
    Song title: The Old Skipper
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Walton, Ivan
    • Date: 1938-09-22
  • Audio Recording
    Take a Trip on the Canal; We're Going to Pump Out Lake Erie
    Song title: We're Going to Pump out Lake Erie | Song title: Take a Trip on the Canal
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Walton, Ivan
    • Date: 1938-09-22
  • Audio Recording
    The candidate's a dodger
    The dodger song
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | Recorded in August, 1936. (Date). Recorded in Mena, Arkansas. (Venue). Forms part of the Vance Randolph Collection. (Source). The song relates to the presidential campaign of 1884 when Grover Cleveland ran against James Blaine. The song was originally based on accusations of political corruption against Blaine. (General). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Randolph, Vance - Dusenbury, Emma - Powell, Laurence
  • Audio Recording
    The night herding song sound recording | 1 sound recording | Recorded in Dallas, Texas. (Venue). Recorded in 1942. (Date). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, 1942 collection. (Source). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Stephens, Harry
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    The Dying Cowboy
    Bury me not on the lone prairie
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, 1942 collection. (Source). Recorded in Pecos, Texas. (Venue). Recorded in 1942. (Date). The singer is from Alpine, Texas. (Biographical). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Matthews, Sloan
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    The Texas Rangers sound recording | 1 sound recording | Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, 1942 collection. (Source). Recorded in Pecos, Texas. (Venue). Recorded in 1942. (Date). The singer is from Alpine, Texas. (Biographical). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Matthews, Sloan
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    The streets of Larado
    The cowboy's lament
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, 1942 collection. (Source). Recorded in Dallas, Texas. (Venue). Recorded in 1942. (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Prude, Johnny - Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    Speech by Paine Denson, excerpt from a field recording, "Speeches about The Sacred Harp sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded at the Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Birmingham, Alabama (Venue). Recorded by Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson in August, 1942 (Date). Excerpt from Paine Denson's impromptu speech on Sacred Harp singing. (General). Forms part of the Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson Collection of Sacred Harp Music. (Source). Courtesy of Paine Denson...
    • Contributor: Denson, Paine - Lomax, Alan
  • Audio Recording
    War Song
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Brown, Buster - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Roosevelt and Hitler, Part I
    Buster Ezell's War-time Song | Strange Things Are Happenin' in the Land
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Roosevelt and Hitler, Part II
    Buster Ezell's War-time Song | Strange Things Are Happenin' in the Land
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis - Jones, Lewis Wade
    • Date: 1943-03-05
  • Audio Recording
    Pearl Harbor
    What a time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Now What a Time
    What a time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - New York, Georgia, Singers
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Obey Your Ration Law
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Let's Go Fight!
    Title announced on recording: Soldier's blues, 1943
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    What a Time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    What a Time
    • Contributor: James, Willis - Golden Jubilee Quartet
    • Date: 1943-06
  • Audio Recording
    Do Right by My Country
    Title announced on recording: Do right by my country and do right by me
    • Contributor: Ezell, Buster - James, Willis
    • Date: 1943-06