Collection Items

  • Audio Recording
    Roll the Old Chariot Along and Haul the Woodpile Down Sea shanties recorded by Robert W. Gordon in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the early 1920s (singers unknown). Gordon Cylinder Collection (cyl.50, CAL 103, CAL 104) sound recording | 1 cylinder. | Gordon Cylinder Collection. (Source). Sea shanties recorded by Robert W. Gordon in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the early 1920s. (Content). The recording of "Haul the...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Gordon, Robert Winslow
    • Date: 1978
  • Audio Recording
    Old Granny Hare
    Old Molly Hare"
    Sung by William Ernest Bird in Cullowhee, North Carolina, October 28, 1925. Gordon Cylinder Collection. sound recording | 1 cylinder. | Performed by Professor W. E. Bird of Cullowhee State Normal School at Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, in the mountains to the southwest of Asheville. (Content). Gordon Cylinder Collection. (Source). October 28, 1925. (Date). This song was published on the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Bird, William Ernest - Gordon, Robert Winslow
    • Date: 1978
  • Audio Recording
    Haul Away sound recording | 1 cylinder. | Recorded in the Eastern U.S (Venue). Recorded ca. 1930 to 1932. (Date). Robert Winslow Gordon Cylinder Collection. (Source Note). This song was published on the Library of Congress long playing record, "Folk-Songs of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection," in 1978, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Archive of Folk Culture. (Source Note). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Gordon, Robert Winslow - Wilkins, A.
    • Date: 1978
  • Audio Recording
    Calling Trains 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 1936. (Date). Recorded at State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi. (Venue). This railroad call is performed by an unidentified former railroad train caller. (Content). John A. Lomax Southern States Collection, 1933-1937 (Source). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1968
  • Audio Recording
    Hush-a-Bye-Baby; The Jolly Boatman
    Song title: Hush-a-Bye-Baby | Song title: The Jolly Boatman
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1937-06-27
  • Audio Recording
    Mary, Don't You Weep; Little Sally Waters
    Song title: Mary, Don't You Weep | Song title: Little Sally Waters
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1937-06-28
  • Audio Recording
    The Clever Skipper
    Song title: The Clever Skipper
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    Take a Trip on the Canal if You Want to Have Fun [part 1 of 3]
    Song title: Take a Trip on the Canal If You Want to Have Fun
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    Take a Trip on the Canal if You Want to Have Fun [part 2 of 3]
    Song title: Take a Trip on the Canal If You Want to Have Fun
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    Take a Trip on the Canal if You Want to Have Fun [part 3 of 3]; William was a Royal Lover
    Song title: Take a Trip on the Canal If You Want to Have Fun | Song title: William was a Royal Lover
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    Riding on the Elevated Railroad; The Cruel Ship's Carpenter [part 1 of 2]
    Song title: Riding on the Elevated Railroad | Song title: The Cruel Ship's Carpenter
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    The Cruel Ship's Carpenter [part 2 of 2]; Lord Uhlan's Daughter
    Song title: The Cruel Ship's Carpenter | Song title: Lord Uhlan's Daughter
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    The Gospel Chariot; The Dying Cowboy
    Song title: The Gospel Chariot | Song title: The Dying Cowboy
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    The Roving Gambler; Erin's Green Shore
    Song title: The Roving Gambler | Song title: Erin's Green Shore
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    The Old Skipper
    Song title: The Old Skipper
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    We're Going to Pump Out Lake Erie; In a Storm at Sea; A Canal Dance (One Night in Cleveland)
    Song title: We're Going to Pump out Lake Erie | Song title: In a Storm at Sea | Song title: A Canal Dance
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    Moonlight Dance (Yellowbud gals); Canal Boat Wedding; Down the River
    Song title: Moonlight Dance | Song title: Canal Boat Wedding | Song title: Down the River
    • Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan - Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
    • Date: 1937-11-03
  • Audio Recording
    The Southern Soldier sound recording | 1 sound recording | First published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28, "Songs of American History and the Assasination of Presidents," 1952. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in 1937. (Date). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Southern States Collection, 1937. (Source). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Morgan, Minta - Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    Let the Deal Go Down
    • Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - Halpert, Herbert - Hurston, Zora Neale
    • Date: 1939-06-18
  • 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
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    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