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 020250 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
Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 BESSIE JONES SINGS SHOUTS SPIRITUALS PLAY SONGS AND TELLS A GAME on reel dated October 12 1961 Interview by Antoinette Lomax There is very little dialogue on this tape Twelve songs…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 Reel of 101261 Song3 36 MOSES MOSES John Daviss spiritual REFRAIN Moses Moses dont get lost In that red sea Trust you rod and come on cross REFRAIN God told Moses Dont…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 6 THREAD THE NEEDLE A play song Nana thread the needle 2 Dont miss that window Thread the needle Nana thread the needle Dont miss that window…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 7 ON THE EAST COAST LINE A ring play Way down yonder Hey On the east coast line Hey They eat syrup by the gallon Hey They…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 10 ONE SAW TWO SAW One saw two saw Zigazog zah Bobtail Doninicka Deedle daw dah Halem scalem Virgin Mary Ikedem I liked im Buck One red…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 12 WILLIAM WILLIAM TRIMBLETOE A counting rhyme William William Trimbletoe Hes a good policeman to catch them hens Put em in a pen Some lays eggs and…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 13 UNCLE TOM Uncle Tom is a play A crowd of children sits around in a place and one Uncle Tom goes out he comes back and…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 14 TURN THE PAN This tape is incomplete but the game of Turn the Pan is probably similar to Spin the Bottle except that it is played…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 BESSIE JONES SINGS SHOUTS SPIRITUALS PLAY SONGS AND TELLS A GAME on reel dated October 12 1961 Interview by Antoinette Lomax There is very little dialogue on this tape Twelve songs…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 1 THE DEVIL GOT TO MOVE A very old slave spiritual The devil got to move Move move The devil got to move Move move The devil…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 2 DRIVE OL SATAN AWAY Oh drive REFRAIN Drive ol Satan away Oh drive REFRAIN Lawd drive him REFRAIN Oh drive REFRAIN Hes a mean man REFRAIN…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 2 Page 2 Oh Lawd REFRAIN Now Lawd REFRAIN Please Lawd REFRAIN Please Lawd REFRAIN Spoken Drive him away Lawd Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song3 MOSES MOSES John Daviss spiritual Moses Moses dont get lost REFRAIN In that red sea Trust your rod and come on cross REFRAIN God told Moses Dont…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 8 PICK A BALE OF COTTON Just me and my wife Well pick a bale of cotton If its all day long 2 We can pick a…
- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 36 Reel of 101261 Song 9 GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW Go in and out the window Go in and out the window Go in and out the window As we…
- 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 36

Medium

Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.50

Source Collection

Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)

Repository

American Folklife Center

Online Format

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Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Lomax, Alan. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, -1962. 1961. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020250/.

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Lomax, A. (1961) Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, -1962. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020250/.

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Lomax, Alan. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, -1962. 1961. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2004004.ms020250/>.

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