Audio Audio
Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads

Format	Audio Audio
Contributors	Lomax, John Avery Nye, Pearl R.
Dates	1941
Location	Akron Ohio United States
Language	English
Subjects	Ballads, English Canal Boats Ethnography Field Recordings Folk Songs, English Music Songs and Music

Title

Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads

Contributor Names

Nye, Pearl R., 1872-1950

Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948

Subject Headings

-  Ballads, English

-  Canal-boats--Songs and music

-  Folk songs, English

-  United States of America -- Ohio -- Akron

Genre

Field Recordings

Music

Ethnography

Notes

-  This excerpt from "Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads" contains commentary by John A. Lomax as well as portions of a 1937 field interview between Lomax and Pearl R. Nye that took place in Akron, Ohio. "Two Sailors: Sea Shanties and Canal Boat Ballads" is one of 10 radio programs making up "The Ballad Hunter" radio series.

Form

1 Sound Disc: Lacquer (Aluminum Base), Analog, 12 In.

Related Resources

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1937002.sr28a (electronic resource)

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