Ruby L. Stamp – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

Use the dropdown menus below to search within this category

Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
	Hide and Go Seek	6645A1	Dorothy Mae Woods, Emma Jane Davis, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams	Identified on AFS card as “Hiding Go Seek.” This band includes several hide-and-seek counting-off rhymes, as well as a “poem” (“Hush Little T-Model, Don’t You Cry). Each of the girls introduces herself before their recitation.
	One Potato, Two / Hickory Dickory Dock	6645A3	Florence Mason, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams	Identified on AFS card as “Hiding Go Seek.”
	Come On Boys, Let's Go to Hunting (It Don't Suit Me)	6645A4	Dorothy Mae Woods, Emma Jane Davis, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Florence Stamp, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		lyric song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams	Followed by explanation of song, and presumably the source, last name Walker. Identified on AFS card as “a local parody” (of “It Just Suits Me”).
	Jump, Mister Rabbit	6645A5	Dorothy Mae Woods, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Florence Stamp, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams	Title given is that on AFS card. Girls sing “Jump up the rabbit.”
	Mister Frog Went A-Courtin' (#2)	6645A6	Dorothy Mae Woods, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Florence Stamp, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams
	Doctor, Doctor Can You Tell (Mister Frog Went A-Courtin' In a Haystack)	6645A7	Dorothy Mae Woods, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Florence Stamp, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams
	Satisfy (#2)	6645A8	Dorothy Mae Woods, Flora L. Standefer, Florence Mason, Florence Stamp, Ruby L. Stamp	7-28-1942		game song, play song	vocal	Friars Point	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of Annie Williams

Subject

Setting