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Hop, Brother Rabbit, In the Pea Vine (#1) | 6655A1 | Ruby Forrest Smith, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | mouth-popping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Brother” is rendered “brer” on AFS card. Followed by brief discussion of learning and playing the song. Ms. Smith announces that she’s from Hillhouse, Mississippi. (Unclear whether she announces her middle name as “Ford” or “Forrest.”) | forrest ugirls | game-song play-song | mouth-popping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Hop, Brother Rabbit, In the Pea Vine (#2) | 6655A2 | E.M. Davis, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | mouth-popping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Brother” is rendered “brer” on AFS card. Followed by brief discussion of learning and playing the song. Mrs. Davis announces that she’s from Hillhouse, Mississippi. “Brother” is rendered “brer” on AFS card; standard spelling used here as not all the singers of these separate versions pronounce it “brer.” | davisem ugirls | game-song play-song | mouth-popping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Hop, Brother Rabbit, In the Pea Vine (#3) | 6655A3 | Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | mouth-popping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Brother” is rendered “brer” on AFS card. | ugirls | game-song play-song | mouth-popping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Hop, Brother Rabbit, In the Pea Vine (#4) | 6655A4 | Dorothy Dilworth Barrett, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Brother” is rendered “brer” on AFS card. Followed by discussion of learning the song in public school in Coahoma, where she is from, and several short blank bands. | barrett ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
We Go Logy, Logy, Logy | 6655A5 | Ruby Brown Hughes, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | A variant of the Hokey Pokey. Followed by discussion of learning and playing the song. Miss Hughes was from Jonestown, Miss. | hughes ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Here Come Two Gents from Holly Springs (#1) | 6655B1 | Ruby Brown Hughes, Ruby Harris | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by singers’ introductions and discussion of where they learned the song. | hughes rubyharris | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Bob-A-Needle | 6655B2 | Dorothy Dilworth Barrett, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of game and discussion of learning/teaching it. | barrett ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Mister Frog Went A Courting | 6655B3 | Sara Lena Teague, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | Froggie Went A Courting | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of game and discussion of learning/teaching it. | teague ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
We're Marching 'Round the Levee | 6655B4 | Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Zora Neale Hurston sang a very similar variant, “There Stands A Bluebird,” for Lomax in Haiti in late 1936. | ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Down By the Green Apple Tree | 6655B5 | Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Who De Cat (Sail, Sail) | 6655B6 | Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | Who-Li-Can | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | See 6657A2 for “Who-Li-Can,” a variant performed by an older generation. | ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
How Many Miles to Bethlehem? (#2) | 6655B7 | Florence Rembert, Mabel Lou Brewer, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Following the performance Florence identifies herself as 11 years old and living on the “King and Anderson place”; Mabel Lou is 12; her stated residence is indecipherable. | rembert brewer ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Satisfy (#1) | 6656A1 | Florence Rembert, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | rembert ugirls | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Satisfy (#2) | 6656A2 | Mabel Lou Brewer, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by a girl named Louise Hicks introducing herself before singing a version that wasn’t recorded. | brewer ugirls | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Little Sally Walker | 6656A3 | Queen Esther Ivory, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Queen Esther announces that she’s 13 and from Mr. Boland’s [?] place near Clarksdale. Her last name is indistinct, and could be “Harris” (suggested by Chris Smith and census research) or “Ivey.” She explains how the game is played. | ivory ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Uncle John's Rabbit | 6656A4 | Florence Rembert, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | rembert ugirls | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Here Come Two Gents from Holly Springs (#2) | 6656A5 | Florence Rembert, Queen Esther Ivory | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of the game. | rembert ivory | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Here We Go Loop-Ti-Loop | 6656A6 | Florence Rembert, Queen Esther Ivory, Unidentified girls | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of the game. | rembert ivory ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#1) | 6656B1 | Mabel Lou Brewer | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | brewer | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
All Hid (#9) | 6656B10 | E.M. Davis, Group of teachers | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | A mixed group responds. (This group likely is that which appears in the film footage.) | davisem teachers | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Little Girls, Little Girls (#1) | 6656B11 | Group of teachers, Unidentified woman | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | A mixed group responds. (This group likely is that which appears in the film footage. Includes Mrs. E.M. Davis.) | teachers uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Little Girls, Little Girls (#2) | 6656B12 | E.M. Davis, Group of teachers | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | A mixed group responds. (This group likely is that which appears in the film footage.) | davisem teachers | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Y Girls Are High-Minded | 6656B13 | Group of teachers | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Y” as in YWCA. (This group likely is that which appears in the film footage.) | teachers | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Shortenin' Bread (#1) | 6656B14 | Bobbie Mae Brown | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Bobbie Mae says she’s eight and that she learned the song from her teacher. Lomax asks what her favorite song is; she replies “Shortenin’ Bread?” AFS card misidentifies singer as Bill J. Lewis [sic], confusing Billie J. Levi on 6656B7. | Y/ | mae | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
All Hid (#2) | 6656B2 | Florence Rembert | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Rembert announces that she’s 11 and from King and Anderson Plantation. | rembert | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#3) | 6656B3 | Queen Esther Ivory | 8-10-1942 | game song, vocal | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Queen Esther announces that she’s 13 and from Mr. Boland’s [?] place near Clarksdale. Her last name is indistinct, and could be “Harris” (suggested by Chris Smith and census research) or “Ivey.” She explains how the game is played. | ivory | game-song vocal | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#3) | 6656B3 | Queen Esther Ivory | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Queen Esther announces that she’s 13 and from Mr. Boland’s [?] place near Clarksdale. Her last name is indistinct, and could be “Harris” (suggested by Chris Smith and census research) or “Ivey.” She explains how the game is played. | ivory | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#4) | 6656B4 | Ora B. Thomason | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Ora B. announces that she’s 14 and from King and Anderson Plantation. | ora | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#4) | 6656B5 | Virginia Lee Thomason | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Virginia Lee announces that she’s 13 and from King and Anderson Plantation. | virginia | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#5) | 6656B6 | Louise Hicks | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Louise announces that she’s 13 and from “Mr. Peacock’s place.” | hicks | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#6) | 6656B7 | Billie J. Levi | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Billie J. announces that she’s 9 and from King and Anderson Plantation. | levi | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#7) | 6656B8 | Lee Flowers | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Lee announces that she’s 11 and from Clarksdale. | flowers | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#8) | 6656B9 | Group of teachers, Unidentified woman | 8-10-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | A mixed group responds. (This group likely is that which appears in the film footage. Includes Mrs. E.M. Davis.) | teachers uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Hid (#10) | 6657A1 | Ruby Brown Hughes, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | hughes uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Sally Go Round the Sunshine | 6657A10 | Unidentified women, Willie Mae McReynolds | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | uwomen mcreynolds | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Who-Li-Can (Sail, Sail) | 6657A2 | Ruby Brown Hughes, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | Who De Cat | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | See 6655B6 for “Who De Cat,” a variant performed by younger generation. | hughes uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
Aunt Dinah's Dead (#1) | 6657A3 | Ruby Brown Hughes, Ruby Harris | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | hughes rubyharris | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Di Dee-O | 6657A4 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of game, which Ms. Harris recalls learning at the Gregory School near Lyon, Miss. | rubyharris uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Shortenin' Bread (#2) | 6657A5 | Ruby Forrest Smith, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | (Unclear whether she announces her middle name as “Ford” or “Forrest.”) | forrest uwomen | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Green Gravel | 6657A6 | Ruby Forrest Smith | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | forrest | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | |||||||
All the Way Round (Seven Times) | 6657A7 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of the game and her learning it about 25 years earlier at the Gregory School near Lyon, Miss., where the children who played it were between 10 and 16. | rubyharris uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
How Many Miles to Bethlehem? (#2) | 6657A8 | Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified as “teacher and group [sic]” on AFS card. | uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Lost My Handkerchief Yesterday | 6657A9 | Unidentified women, Willie Mae McReynolds | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of the game and appropriate ages for playing it. | uwomen mcreynolds | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Willie Over the Water | 6657B1 | Rosie Shelby, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Ms. Shelby says she lives in Friars Point, and learned this song 25 years earlier. She then explains the game. | shelby uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Needle Eye | 6657B2 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of game, which Ms. Harris recalls learning at the Gregory School near Lyon, Miss. | rubyharris uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Shoo Fly | 6657B3 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified women | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by explanation of game, which Ms. Harris has known for 30 years. | rubyharris uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Cool Water | 6657B4 | Ruby Harris | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | rubyharris | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Chicken, My Chicken, My Craney Crow (#1) | 6657B5 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified woman | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified on AFS Card as “Chicken-Ma-Craney-Crow.” Followed by explanation of game. | rubyharris uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Did You Ever See the Monkey Do the Motion | 6657B6 | Florence Rembert, Unidentified girls | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by discussion of learning the game and some inaudible chatter. | rembert ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Chicken, My Chicken, My Craney Crow (#2) | 6657B7 | Florence Rembert, Unidentified girls | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified on AFS Card as “Chicken-Ma-Craney-Crow.” Followed by explanation of game. | rembert ugirls | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Aunt Dinah's Dead (#2) | 6657B8 | Florence Rembert, Unidentified girls | 8-11-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | rembert ugirls | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Guessing games | 6657B9 | Unidentified girls | 8-11-1942 | game, spoken | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | ugirls | game spoken | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (#1) | 6663B3 | Ella Williams, Unidentified women | 7-30-1942 | lining hymn, sacred song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified on AFS card as “four girls.” | ella-williams uwomen | lining-hymn sacred-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (#2) | 6664A1 | Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | lining hymn, sacred song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified on AFS card as “four girls,” although this band consists of two women taking turns singing. | uwoman | lining-hymn sacred-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All My Trouble Will Be Over After While | 6664A2 | Ella Williams | 7-30-1942 | sacred song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by discussion of where she learned the song. | ella-williams | sacred-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
All Power Is In His Hands | 6664B | Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | sacred song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by brief discussion of the song, which the singer (26 years old) learned from her sister Annie Mae Morris. | Y/ | uwoman | sacred-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
Good Old Man | 6665A1 | Ruby Forrest Smith, Unidentified women | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by announcement of where she learned the game and how it’s played. | forrest uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Satisfy (#1) | 6665A2 | Ruby Forrest Smith, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by announcement of where she learned the game (16-17 years earlier at Hill House, Miss.). | forrest uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Satisfy (#2) | 6665A3 | Mrs. E.M. Davis, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by announcement of where she learned the game (Hill House, Miss., at the Rosewood School). | emdavis uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Satisfy (#3) | 6665A4 | Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Satisfy (#4) | 6665A5 | Juanita Peterson, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by announcement that Ms. Peterson learned the song at the Rural School in her home of Falcon, Quitman Co., Mississippi. | peterson uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Go In and Out the Window | 6665B1 | Ella Mae Montgomery, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | montgomery uwoman | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Jump for Joy | 6665B2 | Mrs. E.M. Davis, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | emdavis uwoman | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
To Be Sho' (#1) | 6665B3 | Florida C. Rathers, Mrs. E.M. Davis, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by introduction of her learning the song at “the old Negro school” east of Lyons, Miss. Identified on AFS card as “Tip A Gho” [sic]. | rathers emdavis uwoman | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
To Be Sho' (#2) | 6665B4 | Florida C. Rathers, Mrs. E.M. Davis, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Identified on AFS card as “Tip A Gho” [sic]. | rathers emdavis uwoman | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Old Georgia Rabbit | 6665B5 | Minnie Z. Howell, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Preceded by introduction of her learning the song at a school at Alligator, Miss. | howell uwoman | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Ain't Gonna Rain No More (#1) | 6665B6 | Sara Lena Teague, Unidentified woman | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | clapping, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Ms. Teague announces that she learned this song in junior high school in Davenport, Miss. | teague uwoman | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Ain't Gonna Rain No More (#1) | 6666A1 | Ruby Harris, Unidentified women | 7-30-1942 | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Ms. Harris announces that she learned the song at “the rural school out of Lyon, Miss.” | Band is marred by severe pops. | rubyharris uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||
Sally Pick A Suzy | 6666A2 | Lilian T. Rogers, Unidentified women | 7-30-1942 | There Stands A Bluebird (Tra La La) | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Ms. Rogers announces that she learned the song at Country School in Richmond, Miss. She was superintendent of the Coahoma County Colored Schools. | Band is marred by severe pops and skips. | lilian uwomen | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||
You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days | 6666A3 | McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) | 7-30-1942 | sacred song | guitar, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | muddy | sacred-song | guitar vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You | 6666B1 | McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) | 7-30-1942 | sacred song | guitar, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | muddy | sacred-song | guitar vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Country Blues | 6666B2 | McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) | 7-30-1942 | blues | guitar, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | muddy | blues | guitar vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Dead and Gone | 6667A1 | McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) | 7-30-1942 | blues | guitar, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | muddy | blues | guitar vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Levee Camp Blues (#1) | 6667A2 | Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | berry | blues holler | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Interview about Levee Camp Blues (#1) | 6667A3 | Alan Lomax, Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | lomax berry | blues holler | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | |||||
Levee Camp Blues (#2) | 6667B1 | Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by Lomax interview about Forrest Jones’ levee camp in Arkansas. | berry | blues holler | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
32-20 | 6667B2 | Johnny, McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) | 7-30-1942 | blues | guitar, vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | “Johnny”‘s is otherwise unidentified. | johnny muddy | blues | guitar vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
Rock Me, Shake Me | 6668A1 | Manuel Casey | 8-11-1942 | Swing Out on the Golden Gate | game song, play song | vocal | Coahoma | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Casey gives his age as 26, and recalling where and from whom he learned the song from (a quartet teacher named Joe Fass in Lula.) Lomax stops tape abruptly upon learning that the song was from a book. Primary title is that on AFS card. | Corrected to -0.80 / 95.45% | manuel | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | mississippi | aggie |