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 020221 field work Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts iinterviews 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 BESSIE JONES TAPE 7B One side only at 712 IPS Interview on September 27 1961 New York City by Antoinette Lomax T Transcribed by Dena Hirsch SONGS Devil Been to My House…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7B p 1 DEVIL BEEN TO MY HOUSE TODAY 1 Oh the devil been to my house Today today 2 The devil been to my house today 2 Please help…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 bj TAPE 7B p 2 11 That liars been to my house once only Today today etc That gamblers been to my house once only Today today etc 12 That drunkard been…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7B p 3 BJ Thas wonderful I love that Thats a old song They used to sing that tooThey used to sing it in quiltin too TL Did they BJ…- 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 7B p 4 BJ Yeah we knowed im then We had been there long enough to know im ya know They had been moved there an moved there that summer…- 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 7B p 5 BJ I dont Never have never knowed Cose Moses was stammerin to em guys An so so I dont know what why however I jes dont know…- 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 7B p 6 COME BY HERE Come by here my Lawdy come by here 3 Ohoh Lawd come by here Somebody needs youLawd come by here 3 Ohoh Lawd come…- 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 7C p 7 TL You santg that I think you sang that BJ I think so too uhhuh Okay Well well jus wipe that offa here I recon Les see…- 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 7C p 8 THERES SO MANY FALLIN BY THE WAYSIDE Theres so many fallin by the wayside REFRAIN Lawd help me to stand Yeah theres so many fallin by the…- 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 78 p9 BJ I made that song up And now hits all in Connecticut Lil TL Is it really BJ lil chilren got it in a choir Didn know they…- 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 76 p10 it all at home now everywhere Cause when the Lawd gi me one when I go round churches an sing it An then I tell em the Lawd…- 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 7B p 11 JESUS TOLD ME TO GO Jesus told me to go Lawd Ive got to go Oh Jesus told me to go Lawd Ive got to go Yes…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 Good long story BJ is saved 29 BJ TAPE 7B p 12 BJ Thats the best song under Heaven Whoo Thats a TL When BJ All night Oh not long I mean…- 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 87B p 13 church ol devil would pick out somebody in that church that aint worse a curse an show im to me see Thas right Some time it be…- 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 7B p 14 And somethin come jus as plain as anything all in my whole mind Jes Bow Lookin like it speakin to my soul Said What is you doin…- 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 7B p 15 But I was already seekin to myself befo I went there Made up my mind then Im gonna try regardless of what happen see An I went…- 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 7B p 16 The the ah night that they finally got saved the same night however I was goin down to the church an its kinda dark An I had…- 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 7B p 17 that lil hill an the lil yard there somethin said to me say That preacher what youre out hearin he aint nothin He go wit that woman…- 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 7B p 18 I walked on in the church an sat down An you know they hadnt seed me I walked on in there an I sit down An then…- 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 7B p 19 So thats wha I was gonna do I was gonna seek on there an jus git up an tell em I got it Im saved Ya know…- 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 7B p 20 on the bench I couldnt go farther You know the seat that go out the aisleway that like that ya know goin down there I got in…- 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 7B p 21 That was a good time ya hear Wooo gee Yeah that was a good time Them folks was there Looked like it it all the folks jus…- 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 7B p22 TL Did they come to church Did they all run out in the street BJ Yeah they run out run to the church Peepin in cause they didn…- 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 7B p 23 An you see its a lady had ca had been there I knew herex well She was a wonerful giâah woman Lil small narrowfaced woman with long…- 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 7B p 24 She said says ah Well honey listen heah you let me tell you sumpin You want my advice I didnt ask her I didnt say Yes or…- 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 7B p25 in An ah so she said she couldnt stand the noise the jibberin of em in the drums an the tambourines an things so it worried her haid…- 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 7b
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.21
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image