Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959

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Image 41 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 9 page 18 me A Did you all live all the time in Tuscaloosa V We didnt We left there and went out to a place you call…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 42 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 9 page 19 I say Have I done anything He say Naw You haven done anything I say Well you not satisfy about sumpin nother He say Go…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 43 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 9 page 20 like that And say I reckon its sumpin the matter Dont know what it is And so I just tried to not think that sumpin…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 44 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 9 page 21 was gone to the undertaker SIGH So they didnt let me know definitely but I believed that he was dead I believed it And so…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 45 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall Reel 10 9 page 22 I just went off in trance or something AA terrible thing etcV Lawd have mercy I hates to think about it now She sho did…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 46 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 1 Her new man A Would you say you were in love with him Vera V I sho would I really loved him I just dont know…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 47 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 2 Cause I dont like Greensboro and I know thats where he goin Now his mother and father both livin and they own a place down there…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 48 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 3 Doctor stopped her from singing out of books sing aboutI Know the Lord Will Make a Way I dont know it all but they heps me…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 49 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 4 But I don t know it all Its a lot of verses of it Havent learnt it all A What are your favorite songs V Well…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 50 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 5 to um They it seems like they got mo taste or sumpin to um A It looks like then that people would like um the best…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 51 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall page 6 reel 10 reason that people shouldnt have all the new songs they want They have new books with the songs in um A Im just curious and wonderin…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 52 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hal l reel 10 page 7 well I may not know those words but Ill sing Humhum hmhm hmhmhm etc Still I dont know the words they say but I know…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 53 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 8 Well let me see if you can get this tune Ill just sing it for you once and see if you can sing it again I…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 54 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 9 dont believe nobody just feels all right when they first start off singin I just dont believeit They mightThe only You feel better after you get…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 55 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 10 Why some people can sings better than others sing for Vera Repeats the question in a tone of wonder and scorn A What do you think…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 56 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera hall reel 10 page 10 A Do you feel embarrassed just to get up and sing in front of folks V Well its not I dont feel embarrassed to do itqbecause…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 57 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Theys just different people Vera Hall reel 10 page 11 you just can see um Say Thats right I say All those are Gods stars but some of um shine better than…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 58 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 She made people shout Vera Hall reel 10 page 12 I just get to studyin about it that I ever have knowed just really knowed look like I could think about if…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 59 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 10 page 13 Least I never did get the song Balladses of songs A One sheet V One sheet A A book V No sir Just pieces of paper…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 60 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Blues sung over moms Vera Hall reel 11 page 1 About Blind Jessenot taken entirely A What is the main reason people sing V When anybody sings the blues its just some…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 61 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 2 Im gon lay my head On some lonesome railroad ion Gon let the 219 baby Satisfy my mind Sing something like that something to SHE REPEATS…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 62 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel11 page 3 Dont have to be worried with any one job still mad at me I leave I dont hve to stay on this job I can go get…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 63 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 4 the Father and the Sonhe shall have an everlasting life Well the old people made a song out of thatif you do be live you will…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 64 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 7 A Do you know this one Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel He sings a bit V I dont think I did If I did it must…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 65 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 8 dont believe in religion dont believe in God They just out in the world A What do you mean they dont have anything to think about…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 66 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 9 the vision First looked liek a picture near bout when she first started scernin it it look like a pichur frame But it come just a…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 67 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 11 page 10 towards him at all They aint even thinkin bout him Dont have no idea he could make a way He aint gon come down and just…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 68 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall rell 11 page 11 I went up there thinkin I would get a job pretty soon but I didnt I was there about three or fo weeks before I hit…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 69 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 114 page 12 a minute come back here Where you live And I say Right around here and I was cyin so I couldnt keep my hands up over…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 70 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 1 A What do they call her V Mama Jane She fix hands for um and fix different roots and things and give um to take home…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 71 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 2 and she had to stay out there a week Mama June said that she was near agone that she would try to raise her So she…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 72 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 3 Know how to go in the woods and get different roots and herbs and things A Your mama didnt know those V Oo no sir A…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 73 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 4 Women more interested in preaching V Theyre more interested ind churchxand what go on there an mens is Mens dont pay the thing no tention Just…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 74 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 5 as a man And they havent got much nerves as he got and cant stand what he can stand Now you take real good singin or…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 75 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall reel 12 page 7 there shes gone And he come right away He lose no time at all And he examined her and evrything and said she had another light…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01
Image 76 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959 Vera Hall page 1 reel 13 how long but she trided not to worry me Shed hide a lot of her sickness Sometime I could hear her grovelin ther and Id git…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1959-01-01

About this Item

Title

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959

Names

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Author)

Created / Published

1959

Headings

- Books
- Transcripts
- writings
- interviews
- United States

Genre

Transcripts
writings
interviews

Notes

- Vera Hall interview transcriptions; see also "The Land Where the Blues Began"

Medium

Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.04

Source Collection

Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)

Repository

American Folklife Center

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Lomax, Alan, and Alan Lomax. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign. 1959. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020204/.

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Lomax, A. & Lomax, A. (1959) Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020204/.

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Lomax, Alan, and Alan Lomax. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign. 1959. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020204/>.

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