Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 030112 projects Reverend Gary Davis transcripts Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 GARY DAVIS SCRIPT Larry Johnson black pupil of Gary Davis play on Bleeker St Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 DEATH HAS NO MERCY IN THIS LAND REVEREND GARY DAVIS Death dont have no mercy in this land Death dont have no mercy in this land He come to your house and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 DEATH HAS NO MERCH IN THIS LAND Leave you standing on the highway crying in this land Oh Death will leave you standing on the highway crying in this land Well…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 1 TAPE 1 INTERVIEWS GARY DAVIS WITH LIONEL ROGOSIN AND LARRY JOHNSON GARY DAVIS Man asks me How you feeling you son of a bitch Listen I say Dont talk about my…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 G D CONTINUED The boys called him that name they wasnt really mad with him you understand Thats only way they met one another Good morning Son of a bitch You…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 people aint scared of you you live along time You have friends on hand Now a man one time went travelin he didnt know what country to get on to When…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 I had a fella one time was telling me he didnt care what kind of women he met hed like to swing out Went to a dance one night fella got…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 GD So this here is what you talk to yourself about And partly where you used to run out where you run from it when you started talking Because you do…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 GD And if you ainât got brass enough about yourself You have to work and keep on working until you get to it Or younever will get to it And heres…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 DG GD I belong to the bank band LR Its grat great LJ IT is LR When did you do that thats the 20âs wasnât it GD 193035 LR Great LJ…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 GD Now you lookin for something for nothin why you might as well go home and sit down you understand Because you ainât gonna have anything You lookin for something you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 GD The scriptures say He that thinketh in his heart so is he LJ I live by that GD Only way you know a person is by knowing yourself If you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 10 LJ Whats that old saying about the hardest thing for a thief could do is steal from a rogue LAUGHTER GD Theres no one alive could steal from a rogue You…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 11 GD But you go through the world and nobody nobody there aint nobody right how come you know so much about aint nobody right and the thing you miss if there…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 12 GD Yeah youre still weak Throw a leg on it here honey you can take it all See you aint promise nothing you aint getting nothing you understand LR Its rough…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 13 GD just say Well I aint got it You see Just think about it that LR Gary will tell us a little about your life The way you began GD Well…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 14 LJ Q South Carolina GD Thats Right LJ Did you ever have a misunderstanding with the old man who owned the place GD No sometime we had Hell with him LR…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Gary Davis Tape 2 Interview Gary Davis You get 10 from the boss man and you pay 20 back Thats the way it was you see How come lookin in crooked glasses…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 16 l j Its lucky you didnt owe him money LJ So what did you do with the nickel GD What did you do with the nickel well you couldnt buy nothing…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 17 GD it You got nine children and you give you yourself and wife Make that meat run run run Make the meat run as long as you can get it to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 18 GARY Whatever her name is LJ Yeah Going up there to help the old white mans wife GARY They wanted her to take the children out every evening for a walk…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 19 GARY Went around visiting her neighbor He was like a man coming in saying well my wife be in after a while They all eat at the big house they called…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 20 GARY And everywhich way he pointed that gun the men fell Hed didnt have time to cry over his wife because he had to do some killing and get ready go…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 21 GARY some ham for eating My grandmother always was the type to ask for things She says Miss Lollie give me a piece of that ham She says what Who ever…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 22 GARY He said I dont see no sense of a nigger smoking cigarettes Sit down there on that stump and play me a piece I told him Id be damned if…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 23 LARRY What was that you were telling me one time Rev Davis You stayed somewhere and the guy told you something about You told him you couldnt see your wife and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 24 LARRY So they had the wrong person right GARY The wrong person but they took that person anyhow LARRY Give him 15 years anw anyway GARY Thats right And in Gero…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 25 GARY have nothing to make me feel bad Always feel good I eat my breakfast have a little drink sometimes I feel good And he be hitting every telephone pole that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 26 GARY I happened to have some guitar strings in my guitar that I didnt need I set down and took me a awl you know what you take to punch holes…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 27 GARY The other fellow was Jimmy Tiger So when we get into town they all go out there and see where they could get commissioned for me to play Id be…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 28 LARRY Uh oh that would a been bad GARY We kept on ringing and twisting around there till we run in a little place they call Plum Branch LARRY Whats that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 29 GARY on the side of the railroad We got on that lumber you understand on one side of it put down our coats on our heads and laid down to go…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 30 GARY No dances werent hard to find LARRY Making the money but they didnt pay you for the thing GARY Well you get such a good thing No there wasnt no…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 L 31 GARY No I didnt I married after I left Got me a little 2 x 4 place We stayed there a year then we started out a travelin Got up…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 32 GARY If you aint going to be willing to meet it go home and stay there LARRY Right GARY YOU hear what I say LARRY Yep GARY If your mule aint…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 33 GARY you to be running I want you to be visiting around nobody you see Dont tell nobody what Im telling paying you You understand thats the gib right there you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 34 GARY you understand You believe that when I tell you LARRY I know that GARY You cant do it These people come to these places you understand their guts is cutting…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 35 LIONEL Right you might as well make it big huh If youre going to steal GARY No that aint stealing thats takin I wouldnt go two steps too steal But I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 36 TAPE THREE 4 GARY DAVISLARRY JOHNSONLIONEL ROGOSIN GARY DAVIS Thats where its at if you dont get it you been there you understand if you didnt stay there long You know…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1952
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - interviews
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
- interviews
Notes
- - Transcript of interview between Rev. Gary Davis and Larry Johnson, included Mrs. Davis and Lionel Rogosin; sent to Alan Lomax by Larry Johnson (?)
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 03.01.12
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image