Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942
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Image 41 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 9 DAVID EDWARDS dances then A Did you have a good time E Good time yessir A Tell me about how it would go What happened E Well I dont…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 42 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 10 DAVID EDWARDS E He was a slim brown one A Was he a good musician E He was good A What did he play E Guitar Guitar and piano…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 43 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 11 DAVID EDWARDS been recording like Mr Merriwell up in Chicago sent to him of em end of section Theyd get them and theyd record theyd play blues for em…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 44 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 12 DAVID EDWARDS E Well Eddie and his mother work for Ham and he wouldnt make any money by his being so little and the farm and people gave him…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 45 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 13 DAVE EDWARDS here Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Alabama different places Florida all the different places A What place do you like the best North or South E Well I just…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 46 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 3 14 DAVID EDWARDS I make that myself along about three weeks ago A What did you call it E Well thats the Army Blues A What were you thinking of…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 47 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 1 DAVID EDWARDS TEA IT DOWN Put the kitty in my house And Im gonna jus gonna tear it down Kit Kitty in my house And Im just gonna tear…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 48 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 2 David Edwards Fool him down John And His Mule Trying that day Jack had got tired on the road So John said Come up Jack Jack looked around at…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 49 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 3 DAVID EDWARDS A Howd you learn these E Well them people would tell em to me and Id learn em like that A Did you learn em from your…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 50 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 4 DAVID EDWARDS liable not to be in that convention laughter A Did you ever hear about the time that Shorty Vine went down to the pond and he saw…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 51 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 5 DAVID EDWARDS like that E I sure did When I got way way from home its no wonder Sometimes I think Ill never get back home any more and…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 52 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 6 DAVID EDWARDS and something to eat you see Something like that Sometimes they just have a quarter in their pocket and when they get to where theyre going that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 53 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 7 DAVID EDWARDS A You left somethings out E Thats right A Lets put it in E Theres some I left out You know theres four five different ways you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 54 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 8 DAVID EDWARDS down and she walked right to him She did They quite and he w nt and got some nurse from some other conjuror understand She didnt come…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 55 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 9 DAVE EDWARDS Some have some long and s me have some short Thats a short un Thats what you tell the nogood one thats what hes made from for…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 56 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 10 DAVE EDWARDS When they put gas in the cell it was a bale of hay and he was gone You see him to do walking straight you see him…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 57 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 11 DAVE EDWARDS ask him do he want a little bit of this He holler Yesm yes maam A Well when did the children do that Would they be hiding…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
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Image 58 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942 Fisk 4 12 What did she tell you E She told me to come on laughter I wanted fun I wanted to know what we were going to do She showed me…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1941-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1941-1942
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1941-1942
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
Notes
- - David "Honeyboy" Edwards; used as source material for book project, The Land Where the Blues Began
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 09.04.33
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image