Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 020219 field work Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts interviews Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 Mary Ford Thyn DZ80 Bessie Jones Tape 6 This is a single track tape to be played at 3 34 IPS Recorded and interviewed by Alan Lomax in late Sept 1961 Transcribed…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ REEL 6 p 1 AL So he came and told your mother BJ He told Mama that hit was jist his child An then an so they went out by the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ REEL 6 p 2 I say the man I love he ain never been bon An the man Ill marry he he is dead an gone I got it backwards AL…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ REEL 6 p 3 That aint the one BEGGIN THE BLUES THE SONG TRANSCRIBED SEPARATELY FROM AND PREVIOUSLY TO THE STORY SEE FILES FOR THIS SONG SONG That was like We…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 4 me all about your goin down When you went down to your grandparents and all about that BJ Down to my grandparents at at ah at ah…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 5 ENOCH AND GOD told they would tell these diffrunt oldtime stories Tol me a story about Enoch I think you heard that story about Enoch in slavery…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p6 fou flour white starched and ironed flour sack Used ta ha flour sacks an an ah an ah made it like a crown upon his haid an put…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p7 Enoch says ah Mary say tell God I aintcha heah She says um God Enoch say he ain fer here So hah hah he he say he says…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 8 AL Who told you that story BJ Well tha wa my grandfather My children truly grandfather Well befo I was born I call bof of em my…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 9 goin Watch im an he goin way down to the graveyard See this this boss man tipped on down there behind im the overseer ya know tipped…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 10 An so they stood study a plan to scare im away from doin it Went down there he got im a a a a black thing like…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 11 know but he seed down him hah ya know see Cause he was a lil lower ya know An then they had it way up there high…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 12 sometimes so bad how they tell them things funny them them told you know the big lie big lies THE HARDHEADED SON An this about the man…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 13 was over like a long Was two of the mens together They got a long jus like a long cow or something ya know An they got…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 14 I done seed ya son Hah he says An they come on real close Go on back now Papa done seed ya thas all right Ha ha…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 14 15 BRER RABBIT THE TREES He was ah goin through the woods an he wanted to res An ah he was wonerin it was so hot he…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 16 heard thatn didn ya AL Yeah I heard it BJ An so he say You let me in your garden say Your daddy say let me in…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 17 Ya see then e asked im an e offered im everything in the world you know he could do for im you know but jus jus dont…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 18 He jumped up an hollered to im This is where I was bred an boned at Hah Why he was so glad ha ha In the briar…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 19 Said Come on Come on down here Its cool down here So hah hah ol Buzzard so ol Buzzard say say How I git down there Jis…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 20 Hah so ol ol Buzzard shet shut his eyes Say Engine rus Pinion penguine puss Ill eat my meat Befo it git any wuss worse So hah…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 21 em ya know So tonight Yet he liketed Bro Foxs daughters An um an um ol Bro Wolf liked em too So but an Bro Wolf almost…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 22 He say Yeah He say We goin dress up Say Yeah He say Nows now let us get our music together He says ah An I want…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 23 girl he liked so well An um Fox done told the girls he said Bro Rabbit say he gonna bring the very man here to night I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 76 P 24 it yourself MEANING OF MR RAILROAD AL Well how did Brer Fox get to be called Mr Railroad BJ Well that was bcause he travel the railroad…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 76 p 25 BJ They done what now AL When they threw him in the Mississippi River they skimmed ugly for six months HERE THE TAPE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7 6 p 26 about this ah yeah this ah squash They said this man that grows some squashes so large until they Say they grow so fas that he…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 27 So they went back to see about ah they was lookin for the cows an things thats when where they found found the cows in thea that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 28 AL No BJ I heard I heard peoples tell folks to go to West Hell but I dont know what part they find that at Cause I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 29 I heard someone say that ah some peoples was so bad ya know until they wa they wan stop in hell they was gonna bounce on through…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 30 BJ I guess They sang all kinda blues an thingsThey had they had a a regular ah ah song ah thing about the beans About about about…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 31 But anyhow this was the toast that I had AL What what BJ Toas we say a toases say a natchul toases say it like it should…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 32 BJS SINFUL DAYS FRIENDS BJ Umhum Yeah they draw it out umhum Thas right Umhum Ya can draw it out ya can take some outa this an…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 33 biggest fights ya ever mess up with An I jus doNt like that See I like good times If everybody git high or too lit dont flatter…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 34 it I dont like it period An so if I cant make it You cant make it in peace you cant make it in convusion Thas what…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 35 So thats the same it is by the law The law is Thas thas the portion of the law wit God part He dont rest you for…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 36 BJ Georgia Camp Brooklyn Thats out from Fitzgerald AL Uhhuh BJ Thas Camp Brooklyn Tween Fitzgerald an Brocklyn Oh they mean out there Place called Okamugie right…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 37 it you know an walk out the same way Come back put that jug down there If I have to do it that way I git me…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 6 p 38 GOOD STORY MR CRUM WILLIAMS NEAR ABBOTTVILLE GA BJ Well jus tough About moonshine an whiskey ya know Ya know an people like that they put em…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1961
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - interviews
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
- interviews
Notes
- - Bessie Jones interview transcriptions (September and October, 1961, New York) - tape 6
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.19
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image