Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 0203 writings books Rainbow Sign transcripts Vera Hall Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Reel 1 George Fitts wholl cut you if you mess with him See also page 34 of page Reel 2 dont eak Reel 2 George Fitts cuts a man to pieces Tin…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Reel 7 Her grandfather how he lived how he died Father likes her singing 5Hymns spirituals 8 ffHow songs fit into the service Rev Giles who preached himself to death Rev Giles…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Reel 11 Why people sing the blues I have no reason to be sad She won t work where the folks arent nice to her Interpretation of the spirituals p7 Religion is…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Sequences Family childhood Mother Vera a good baby Estelle 6pg Sisters Nemiras Mother calling The worst whipping RR BillText Story of George Fitts Stagolee Girl loves Father best _ _ Fathers nature…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Interview with Vera HallReel 1 Stories about George Fitts V It never did worry her much Pause and then in a reflective whisper But he sho was the end of her life…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 1 page 2 went out there and plowed good He brought him out there Monday Monday morning it was cause he wouldnt get him that Saturday He said if…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 1 page 3 do next Sattidy nightWe goin out in the country and we gonna cut some sport We gonna boogiewoogie a while out there And this man was…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Rell 1 page 4 V Its a little old pocket knife It shuts up It close up But the blade wont be a bit longer than that HOLD UP HER…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 1 page 5 He dont pick fights V ââ Hes just bad about fighting But he dont pick no fights Dont know of him pick a fight But hell…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 1 page 6 His min law hates him Say it look like putting him in prisoner wont do him no good Look like Say they ought to kill him…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Reel 1 page 7 Its down there Well Nunc is showin them ruther George is showing them we calls him Nunc sometimes George is showing where he can take it up Hell…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 1 page 7 A What do you think turned him that way What did his mother say turned him that way George was a mean disobedient boy V Well…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hallreel 1 page 9 reckon I never did know the father I never heard George say anything bout his father Shed beat him she said shed beat him till it look…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera HallReel 2Page 1 excerpted V George will cut people up This Doctor Hunt hadnt been long doctoring when George cut this dentist Glaspern Gillespie Ize telling you bout So they rushed…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera hall reel 2 page 2 Tin cups its down in the bottom They say lets go to Tin Cup E Why call it Tin Cup V I asked an old man…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 page 3 Nichols Quarter that lady Mrs WS Nichols I worked for her eleven years An her housesI lived in one of her houses called that Nichols Quarter…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 page 4 Dont careish Fitts will do a good job on you when he starts He get whiskey in him and he get dontcareish I dont care if…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 2 page 5 Rich couldnt get him in the house Hed stop out in the yard under we had a big old mulberry tree out in the yard and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 page 6 pipe run up out there take the smoke outHe builds his fire down there cook his sumthin to eat and that keep the room from getting…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 James Harrison Piper Alcom College Alcom Miss Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 page 7 got any sides in it but he got a top across And the white people just look at it just stop him all along the side…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 page 8 But he just wont cut his hair for nothin Some time he plat it and then again he comb it and let it standup He had…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 2 songs Stagolee pulled out his 44 It went bumbumbum It werent long fo Billo Lyon Were layin on the flo Stagolees women walks up tho the bossman Says…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 2 of songs Vera what does that mean RR Bill was a mighty big fool Couldn tell his track from a horse or mule V Well Rich Amerson said…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 2 songs Well did they ever catch RR Bill or not Did Rich say He didnt He didnt say Was he colored or white Rich say he was colored…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel3 page 1 King Jesus is the solidx rock 2 And dont you see Way up between the heaven and the earth Think I heard my saviour says And dont…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 2 V She said I was awfully good She said I was mostly one of she never did own but just three childrenswell she owned fourthe the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 3 tell me to sit on the porch Id sit there If it rained Id sit there If it snowed Id sit there Id just stay where…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 4 A Then older than he what was the next child V Her name was Estelle Hall Called her Estelle Well her name was Estelle called her…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Father Vera Hall reel3 page five shed like a boy with sense made right not disfiggered She was sorta glad she said the Lord took him while he was little fo she…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hallreel 3 page 6 buy us shoes and clotheswe didnt have any shoes through the summer But uh when it commence gettin cold and ginnin cotton he would buy us shoeswinter…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 7 Were you ashemed on account of it V No it didnt bother me the least bit then at that time because twas so many of us…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 8 a lots of people would plant the stuff and wouldnt work it wouldnt plow it If they did theyd half plow it Well it wouldnt make…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 10 disease that followed him all his life they said My mother say he always have slep When he was cotin his wife he married her outa…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 11 people down there would always be giving Doc something There is an edge of scorn on her voice here Or havin him do sumpin round the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 12 Mister Cameron Nixon or some of them over there let him have two mules to haul this wood with and doesnt have to pay em for…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 13 it round here to get her hunderds and she fell on that stump Umum I hate to think about it She fell over that stump and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 14 But she was a grown young lady when she was playing because if Im not mistaken she was married in that same year a long about…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 3 page 15 out there or lay down or sumpin on a bench till dinners ready Well now there the wifes done went down there and chopped till leven…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01