Skip to Content
HomeAbout this siteHelpSearch this siteThe Library of Congress
America's Story from America's LibraryMeet Amazing AmericansJump Back in TimeExplore the StatesJoin America at PlaySee, Hear and Sing
See, Hear and Sing Children's Songs
 
Healthy Children in Clean Backyard, Washington, D.C. September 1935.
 Children in a circle game in Washington, D.C. in 1935

Enlarge this image

Listen to:
Pearline Simmons and Theresa Sullivan performing "Little Gal, Little Gal, Yes, Ma'am" on May 16, 1939

RealAudio (streaming)
Wav Format (2.3 MB)
Help With Audio
Credits
Call and Response Songs
This song was another children's singing game with a group of girls responding to one girl's questions. "Little Gal, Little Gal, Yes, Ma'am" was played at recess on the schoolyard in Louisiana in 1939. Do you think the words changed depending on who sang the song?
Back page 3 of 3 More Stories



Library Of Congress | Legal Notices | Privacy | Site Map | Contact Us




CREDIT: Mydans, Carl, photographer. "Healthy Children in Clean Backyard, Washington, D.C.." September 1935. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: Simmons, Pearline and Sullivan, Theresa, performers. "Little Gal, Little Gal, Yes, Ma'am." May 16, 1939. Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip, Library of Congress.