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    The Farmer's boy Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on September 4, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1939, and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1939-01-01
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    The Shanty boy Dust jacket notes: "Same tune as he uses for Young Monroe. . . Two verses missing -- one about drought, one about sheriff's sale." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    I'm going down this road feelin' bad
    Goin' down that road feelin' bad | I ain't gonna be treated this a-way     "Variants of this song have been sung for seventy years on westering high roads in America. Since 1933 it has become the song of the migrant families who were tractored out of Texas, dusted out of Oklahoma and flooded out of Arkansas." Dust jacket notes: "Learned from Kaintucks in Wisconsin." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Nightingales of spring Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    McAllister Yellow song check-list notes: On AFS 4196 B2, the first and last verses are sung twice. The record was also scratched in playing it back. AFS 4196 B3 is better. Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 25, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25,…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Texas Canyon Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Milwaukee fire Dust jacket notes: "From words supplied by his Uncle Robert Walker." Dust jacket notes: Song begins on AFS 4198 B1 and completed on AFS 4198 B2 Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    My mother was a lady
    Brother Jack     Dust jacket notes: Warde Ford learned this song about 18 years ago, and recently heard it on a commercial recording. Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Granny, does your dog bite Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Fair captive Contains ethnic stereoptypes of Native Americans. Dust jacket notes: "Learned from Charles Walker of Crandon, Wis. He learned it from Randal McDonnel [?] in 1906 in Idaho." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27,…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Tailor boy Contains sexual innuendo. Dust jacket notes: "Sung by 'Boney' (Warde H.) Ford." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Green fields of Virginia Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Bishop of Canterbury
    King John | King John and the bishop     Also issued on the American Folklife Center's published recording AFS L 57, CHILD BALLADS TRADITIONAL IN THE UNITED STATES (I). Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 25, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938, and September 4, 1939, collected by…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Lowlands low Dust jacket notes inscribed by Sidney Robertson Cowell: AFS 4194 A2 is a recording of a fragment (2 verses) of the "The Lowlands low;" AFS 4194 A3 repeats this, with a different refrain as sung by Warde Ford's Uncle Rob Walker. Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 25, 1938. Forms part of a group of…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Fair captive Contains ethnic stereotypes. Dust jacket notes inscribed by Sidney Robertson Cowell: "Fine modal tune . . . Bad stylus, defective recording." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Lass of Glen Shee Dust jacket notes: "Hum -- also dull stylus." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Barefooted in front and no shoes on behind Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on September 3, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde, Pat, and Bogue Ford performing Anglo-American songs on September 3, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1939-01-01
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    Jinnie Jenkins Dust jacket notes inscribed by Sidney Robertson Cowell: Warde Ford "said he could probably 'sing a dress or two' of that one! He learned it from his mother." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    John Brown Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Putting on the agony : Our goodman Includes two songs, "Putting on the agony" and a fragment of "Our goodman." Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley],…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Andrew Batan
    Andrew Batann     Also issued on the American Folklife Center's published recording AFS L 58, CHILD BALLADS TRADITIONAL IN THE UNITED STATES (II). Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 25, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1939, and September 4, 1939, collected by…
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    The Mowing of the hay Contains sexual innuendo. Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 26, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1938-01-01
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    Bill Bailey Dust jacket notes: Fragment. Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on September 4, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1939, and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1939-01-01
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    My bonny black Bess Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on September 4, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1939, and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1939-01-01
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    The Tune the old cow died on Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on September 4, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1939, and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.
    • Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Ford, Ward H.
    • Date: 1939-01-01