Unidentified women – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
	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
	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
	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.
	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.
	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.”)
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.”
	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.
	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.
	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.

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