Anthology of American folk music / edited by Harry Smith.

Other author Smith, Harry, 1923-1991
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products, ℗1997.
Description6 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Portion of title American folk music
Contents v. 1. Ballads: Henry Lee ; Fatal flower garden ; House carpenter ; Drunkard's special ; Old lady and the devil ; The butcher's boy ; The wagoner's lad ; King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o ; Old shoes and leggins ; Willie Moore ; Lazy farmer boy ; Peg and awl ; Ommie Wise ; My name is John Johanna ; Bandit Cole Younger ; Charles Giteau ; John Hardy was a desperate little man ; Gonna die with my hammer in my hand ; Stackalee ; White House blues ; Frankie ; When that great ship went down ; Engine 143 ; Kassie Jones ; Down on Penny's farm ; Mississippi boweavil (boll weevil) blues ; Got the farm land blues -- v. 2. Social music: Sail away lady ; The wild wagoner ; Wake up Jacob ; La danseuse ; Georgia stomp ; Brilliancy medley ; Indian war whoop ; Old country stomp ; Old dog blue ; Saut crapaud ; Acadian one-step ; Home sweet home ; Newport blues ; Moonshiner's dance, part one ; Must be born again ; Oh death where is thy sting ; Rocky road ; Present joys ; This song of love ; Judgement ; He got better things for you ; Since I laid my burden down ; John the Baptist ; Dry bones ; John the revelator ; Little Moses ; Shine on me ; Fifty miles of elbow room ; I'm in the battlefield for my Lord -- v. 3. Songs: The coo coo bird ; East Virginia ; Minglewood blues ; I woke up one morning in May ; James Alley blues ; Sugar baby ; I wish I was a mole in the ground ; The mountaineer's courtship ; The Spanish merchant's daughter ; Bob Lee Junior blues ; Single girl, married girl ; Le vieux soulard et sa femme ; Rabbit foot blues ; Expressman blues ; Poor boy blues ; Feather bed ; Country blues ; 99 year blues ; Prison cell blues ; See that my grave is kept clean ; C'est si triste sans lui ; Way down the old plank road ; Buddy won't you roll down the line ; Spike driver blues ; K.C. moan ; Train on the island ; The Lone Star Trail ; Fishing blues.
General noteOriginally released by Folkways Records, 1952 (FP 251--FP 253).
General noteCompact discs; in box (31 cm.).
General noteDisc 6 can also be played on CD-ROM drive to access video materials, artist interviews, and additional background information.
General noteBooklet containing essays, program notes, details of the recordings and bibliography (67 p. : ports. ; 31 cm.) laid in container.
General noteIncludes facsimile of original (1952) booklet ([28] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.).
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1927-1932.
Publisher numberSFW 40090 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products
Publisher numberFP 251--FP 253 Folkways Records

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