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 030117 projects Reverend Gary Davis transcripts session 1 reels 14 logs Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Rev Davis Reel 1 Side 1 Parents renters moving Father killed when Gary was small Gary felt throwed away Mother didnt love him Stayed with gmother Food Sore eyes at 3 weeks…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 Rev Davis Reel I â Man should respect women Reel II I How he made his first song vision of writing Reasons for backsliding Unsure about marriage How he met wife…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Reel IV Best revenge on unfaithful woman If you support woman prop right Marriage must match natures â high strung or less passionate Marriage without love hard Love is hard a pitiful…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Believes white women like N negro men but hes afraid of being lynched Neg negro more potent than whites Keep your mouth shut about affairs 1st affair at 16 12 Cdnt couldnt…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Reel IX â Solomon was greedy about friends Desc by E of Rev Davis mistrustful catnaps Have to beg women Father of 3 children r b His sensation when he began to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 When he was robbed His mothers death Death dream Man like him can consolate anybody His fav Bible verse let not your heart be troubled XI They killed him for kissin a…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 XII contd Imagination wonderful Dreams of love Satisfied love is everything Some people harder to satisfy than others Desc of a man overdoing in love By seeking god you find your mate…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Keep them afraid to do it Tell girls not to let their dress up Mother and neighbor must be watchful You cant raise a child alone Young people must avoid inc because…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Reel 1 Side 1 Reverend Gary Davis My parents were workinâ people Farmers They raised everâthi ng on th e farm â chickens cattle hogs dogs Peach es apples plums pears apricots…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 Whamps and went to Mr Jim Lewis McCarthys Stayed there for about two years I begin t o start to learn to play the guitar when we lived at Mr Paul…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 his voice thick en s He was just the very t hing to huh You know He was huh h eart Did she say that to you She alway s have…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 rough You know She liked she was she liked a good time you know Just to be twistin about from on e place to another Didnt keer to be bothered wid…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 table we git th at i f there wasnt we git what they give us Thats the way we r aised I know lots of times my grandmoth er used to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 is when Id be mi streated you understand Sometimes Id be among company Theyll claim theyre glad to have me in their company an k nowing all the sam e time…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 you feel that that is true or do people just believe that I have the experience about it It is a fact Thats right I have the experience about it An…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 out for mysef that lots of people feel bad about Ef I come an knock on yo do an say telll you that that I want a havent any place to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 sense in turnin a person away Theres a good reason for doin so Because theyre not good enough Or theyre not able for the sponsebilities that you would be lookin for…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 10 go myself Led me awhile places I didnt know anything about But you learned how even out in the country how to get about by yourself Thats right How to travel…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 11 a many times where many people have been strung up on limbs in the low counties and lynched Jes by lookin Sometimes Some men never done nothin but jes look See…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 12 What did you mean by that Reverend Davis Well as long as I am here in this present world here well have a lot of things come about to cause us…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Reel 1 Side 2 Reverend Gary Davis As I tole you jus a while ago we moved to these diffrent places an as I came about lucid I would take a tin…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 I couldnt be able to recall now what it was Now the rest of em would fight me but he wouldnt An he wouldnt low no one to peck on me…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 if you saw ary money you saw it in somebodys elses hand If you had it in yo hand it was to carry to somebody twadnt yose Thats the way it…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 the country Playing gittar Goin from one city to another The fust little place I went to was a little place called Fountain Inn SC My mother moved up theah and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 young ah need a little salt You know what I mean Theyre very fresh H e laughs drolly Good for them to be tired a little bit You know I have…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 period last that you wandered through the barrelhouses Well it aint that long cause I married I never could stand too rough a life I didnt like rough life no way…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 stand to pay huh insurance I cussed mysef out Instead of handin huh what she asked me for I handed huh fifteen dollars I wondered how come me to give her…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 I felt was right Id go ahead an do that Jes go ahead An I dont keer what she had to say to me shed git up an fix me sumpin…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 hang wid a thing git attached to it you love that first thing The reason why you love it cause you havent had enough experience in the world to know what…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 10 like I hadnt got her yit Thats all Then in my runnin round I felt that God suffered me to tie up wid so He could keep up wid me Theres…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 11 talkin bout Thats what I say Man should have the least to say bout the wusses kind of woman You see Man was put here in the world to be pitied…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 Reel 11 Side 1 Reverend Gary Davis The song I am about to play now is the song that come to me when my mother was workin an she taken sick three…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 Chorus 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 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 Reverend Davis was that a dream you had of the child who gave you this song It didnt pear to me as a dream It didnt pear to me as a…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 as a message to tell me sumpin of where I had lef off in the startin of a life of Christianity You understand I had been called as a minister an…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 become to be as that child was submissive and humble Tears pour down his cheeks out of his sightless eyes Is it too much for yo u OH The water is…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 shall forgit It was Saturday evening Annd she asked me to let huh have some money to pay huh insurance One word growed into another She was living wid my uncle…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 befo you git a good bite Set right there So when the sun goes down you understand thats where you git your fish Maybe you aint got time to stay but…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 for it and all you got to ask huh for jes the studyin of that gits you all tore all to pieces You know you got to be a mother for…- 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
- - logs (records)
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
- interviews
- logs (records)
Notes
- - Transcripts of Elizabeth Lomax interview with Rev. Gary Davis
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 03.01.17
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image