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 010119 projects Reverend Gary Davis transcripts session 1 reels 1014 Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 REVEREND GARY DAVIS REEL X That kina woman wont let a man suffah for what he needs I aint speakin bout what he want but what he needs An when he need…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 Well I have had wet dreams Those are the wusses dreams I have evah had in my life Why worst Well Because it would wake me up an I couldnt go…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 Oh certny I have who Oh theres several things can make me angry What can make you most angry WellIts the way people treat you sometimes Cose it dont do you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 enough wid women to know what kind of a woman a man ought to have You see a man let you do as you please he dont care nothin bout you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 Tell me about the time you were robbed in New York I was goin up the street Goin up Lennox Avenue Two oclock at night Id jes left from my friend…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 why I dont know how come Every time theres a hard rain you think of your mother She comes to me Come two three days rain she come to me then…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 I happened to come to myself Come to me Now what am I runnin from Now aint I a fool Caught mysef runnin round What good would that do me If…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 No It dont bothah melong pause You know when you come up like that you understan youre able to consolate anybody Thats true You have something to say Uhhuh A plenty…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 he sleeps for some time again On the question of love Love is jes like a vein in a spring you know A vein in a drinkin spring A place where…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 REVEREND GARY DAVIS REEL XI He plays Cocaine Done Killed My Baby They killed him for kissin a white woman who was he he Was he in love with her I dont…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 might kill me If we were down home in the South at your home could I meet you when youd get off a bus and wed walk through the streets together…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 rule the whole business An you feel that is not a good way for them to be Good way for him to lose his life Are you happier and freer in…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 machine gun They aint got no machine gun Has Is a colored pusson got a government They aint got a government Has Is a colored pusson got a country If they…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 to pick to do devilment Are Negroes more the victim of that kind of devilment than white people WellI dont know Its mixed Im sa not sayin it cause Im colored…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 aint got no sense if anybody bothahs me I carried a pistol all the time Ise Ise in North Carlina No I didnt ever shoot nobody See I never did have…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 Well Some time they go out in the country an do that Cut tobacco Do they make cigars in Durham I dont know whetha they do or no Its a big…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 I been hit several times Who hit you Oh the party that Id be in it wid sometimes I didnt nevah bothah nobody less somebody bothahed me Mmmmmm I love peace…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 Well Dat was jes that one time too wadnt it One time I brought my wife too didnt I That was only jest that one time wadnt it You ast me…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 10 Thass righ t Would it be in the house or out of the house Itd be wheah I cou ld git it whethah it be in the house or out of…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 11 gittar I said Whatd yo u do wid my gittar H e say Ive got it I say Well what yo u doin wid my gittar Yeah they took it off…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 REVEREND GARY DAVIS REEL XII I said if you was my wife an we went to my peoples house they would let me stay there but they wouldnt let you stay there…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 against Negroes in the United States Well I have no permanint idea bout how deyd feel about it They got some many some very grievious feelins no doubt Im satisfied they…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 The Bible says The bottom rail will come to the top The colored pusson thats been undah the white people aftah while theyll be the top Thass what the Bible said…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 How will this begin Rev Davis Its gon be begin wid love Wid charity Thatll be the beginnin of it Will the sinners and the cruel people live in this new…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 I dont want you to say anything that makes yo u feel nervous Naw I aint said nervous But yet an still I dont want to die Not be killed I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 Thass where the g ood part come in Such a deep thought Imagination and deep thought are wonderful things Oh What you talkin about he sniffs You can jes think about…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 I dont care how severest an terrific you is itll take care of you ontil he returns Everything dies until he returns Cause youll have thoughts of him bout what he…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 theyre not mated I heah lots of folks talkin bout a woman bein bad Youre not bad You just havent got where your stoppin place is at See when a pusson…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 9 You see He jump up an marry a woman that nevah did nothin like that you see Shes lookin fur a plenty out of him an its not gon be theah…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 10 fur the man An thass what make huh No God intend fur you to love Here what happened If you eat cabbage befo it git done it give you the colic…- 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 Even if you sought the Kingdom of God and his righteousness you could still h ave bad luck Oh no Oh no No You believe then that if you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 REVEREND GARY DAVIS REEL XIII Theres sumpin I want now but Im not gon say it Im kina like Ahab when he went to neighbors fur a piece of ground He tole…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 2 Well I mon give ye to understan Yo hans do a many dirty thang Your hans has written a many underminin thangs All underminin thangs are done with yo hans See…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 3 What make some people greedy like that Lack of guidance Cant have it all Thass like a dog h ave a bone his his mouth an got two three in his…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 4 do the plan out an what way shall we make ouwah life greater to have greater thangs around us All like that You know Mmmh mmm Every time I turn around…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 5 What if the father would b e angry when they conceived the child Why I dont care how angry the man would be Mothers the one have to carry it Long…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 6 anythang fur me because I ast you Neither because I want to be satisfied Dont do that An if yo u do a thang an dont feel like doing it its…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 7 like that You dont think thats sincere No its not You can pretty much tell a thing thats sincere What is sincere on the part of a woman If its sincere…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1952-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1952 8 right now you understand you aint got enough an I done got eno ugh Yo u jist got started I got enough an what I give y ou werent enough fur…- 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
- - 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 03.01.19
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image