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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 | genre_hfilter | instrument_hfilter | city_hfilter | county_hfilter | state_hfilter | setting_hfilter |
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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 | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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 | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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.”) | game-song play-song | clapping vocal | coahoma | coahoma | mississippi | aggie | ||||
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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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.” | lining-hymn sacred-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | 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. | game-song play-song | vocal | coahoma | coahoma | mississippi | aggie |