Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture

A SELECTED LIST OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FOLKSONGS OF THE UNITED STATES SUNG BY CHILDREN
IN THE RECORDED COLLECTIONS OF THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Compiled by: Catherine E. Parnell
Series Editor: Archive of Folk Culture

Publication Date: February 1977

AFS 1-286: Recordings made by John and Alan Lomax. Mostly southern states in prison camps, 1934, 1935.

AFS 88 A1-B5: Thirteen songs performed by eight little Negro girls. Kirby Industrial School, Atmore, Alabama, October, 1934.

88A1: "It ain't gonna rain no mo'"
88A2: "Little Sally Walker"
88A3: "Sally go round the sunshine"
88A4: "Choodle-di-doo"
88A5: "I-tisket-I-tasket"
88A6: "Ladies in the dining room"
88A7: "Cocky-doodle-doodle-doo"
88A8: "It ain't gonna rain no mo'"
88B1: "Rosie"
88B2: "All around the Maypole"
88B3: "Hop-a-la"
88B4: "Hop-a-long"
88B5: "Miss Sue from Alabam'"

AFS 206B1-B5: Five songs performed by children. Shreveport, Louisiana, October 1934.

206B1: "All around the Maypole"
206B2: "I lost my handkerchief yesterday"
206B3: "Miss Sue from Alabama"
206B4: "My true love"
206B5: "My daughter is too young"

AFS 309-535: Recordings made by Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, Mary Elizabeth Barnicle. Georgia, Florida and the Bahamas, summer 1935.

AFS 309-330B2: Thirteen songs performed by Negro children, Frederica, Georgia, June 1935.

309A1: "All around the Maypole"
309B1: "There sets the Sally in the chair"
309B2: "Choodle-oodle-oo"
310A1: "Steal Miss Liza Jane"
310B1: "Going down to Richmond"
311A2: "Rise, Sally, rise"
311B1: "Bluebird through my window"
311B2: "I-tisket-I-tasket"
329A1: "How about you"
329B1: "Coming home some day"
330B2: "Whoops"

AFS 347 B: "Frog went a courting" performed by Drusilla Davis and group of Negro girls, Frederica, GA, June 1935

AFS 349A1-B4: Seven songs performed by Negro girls. Eatonville, Florida, June 1935.

349A1: "Rise, Sally, rise"
349A2: "Just from the kitchen"
349A3: "All around the race track"
349B1: "It ain't going to rain no more"
349B2: "Steal Miss Liza Jane"
349B3: "Bluebird through my window"
349B4: "Sally go round the sunshine"

AFS 536-662: Recordings made by John A. Lomax. Southwest, 1935-1936.

AFS 614A1-2: "Miss Sue from Alabama" performed by Negro children. School yard, Taylor, Louisiana, April 1936.

AFS 614A3-B3: Four songs performed by nine Negro children. Taylor, Louisiana, April 1936.

614A3: "Follow me"
614B1: "Go around town"
614B2: "Johnny, are you ready"
614B3: "When the wind begins to blow"

AFS 655A2: "Skip to my Lou" performed by girls with two fiddles, piano and guitar. Austin, Texas, March 1936.

AFS 655A3-B2: Four songs performed by girls. Austin, Texas, March 1936.

655A3: "Little miller boy"
655A4: "Walk in green grass, dust, dust, dust"
655B1: "Billy boy"
655B2: "Mississippi sawyer"

AFS 656A-B4: Five songs performed by children. Pond Springs School, near Austin, Texas, March 1936.

656A: "Frog went a'courtin'"
656B1: "Swing your pardners 'round you"
656B2: "Buffalo gals"
656B3: "Buffalo gals"
656B4: "Can't dance Josie"

AFS 744-750: Recordings made by John A. Lomax. State Farm, Virginia, summer 1936.

AFS 748A1: "He kicked 'em out of heaven" performed by Mayo children and two adults. Goochland, Virginia, June 1936.

AFS 748A2: "I want to know" performed by Mayo children alone. Goochland, Virginia, June 1936.

AFS 829-876: Recordings made by John A. Lomax. San Antonio, Texas, summer 1936.

AFS 846B1-846B2: Two songs performed by Red and Ernest Hernandex, age 11 and 13. Washington Irving Jr. School, San Antonio, Texas, January.

846B1: "Mexican blood"
846B2: "Modern girls"

AFS 878-944: Recordings made by John A. Lomax. South, early 1937.

AFS 881A3: "Mary Mack dressed in black" performed by Ella Jane Carter and group of girls. Piney Woods School, near Jackson, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

AFS 884B1-B3: Three songs performed by children. Girls Colored Public School, Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

884B1: "Shoo-roun'"
884B2: "We're going' round the mountain"
884B3: "Adam had seven sons"

AFS 884B4-886B3: Eight songs sung by older children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

884B4: "Rabbit in garden"
886A1: "Loop de loop"
886A2: "Rubber dolly"
886A3: "Sissy in the barn"
886A4: "Little Rosie Lee"
886B1: "Everybody happy"
886B2: "I sing a little song about a little tree"
886B3: "Here comes one gentleman from Spain"

AFS 909B2: "Miss Sue, Miss Sue" performed by five of Aaron Pinnacle's children. Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, January 2, 1937.

AFS 940A1: "Angles watching o'er me" performed by Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 8, 1937.

AFS 940A2: "Must have that pure religion" performed by Corrine Pinckney and Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

AFS 940A3: "Go to sleepy" performed by Annie Boone and Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

AFS 940A4: "Churning" performed by Daisy Lee Gosten and Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

AFS 940A5: "All them biscuits" performed by Eva Grace Boone and Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 9, 1937.

AFS 940B: Two songs performed by Bessie May Branch and Negro school children. Brandon, Mississippi, March 8, 1937.

940B1: "Eve and Adam"
940B2: "Well, I'll do what the spirit say do"

AFS 1374-1601: Recordings made by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax. Kentucky, September and October 1937.

AFS 1450: Six songs performed by pupils. Lower Hell-for-Certain School, Middleford, Kentucky, October 1, 1937.

1450A1: "Go in and out the window"
1450A2: "Little white daisy"
1450A3: "Green gravels"
1450B1: "Jinny, put your kittle on"
1450B2: "Needle's eye"
1450B3: "Skip to my Lou"

AFS 1851-1870: Recordings made by John and Alan Lomax.

AFS 1852: Two songs performed by seven Negro boys (Roan Jones, Hot Baby, Willie Rubert Russell, Joe Sift, Harton and Curtiss Harton.) False River, Louisiana, July 1934.

1852A: "The moon looks pretty"
1852B: "How long baby, blues"

AFS 1954-2032: Recordings made by M. E. Barnicle. Kentucky, January 1938.

AFS 1973-1974A: Three songs performed by John Hensley and two girls with guitar. Pineville, Kentucky, January 1938.

1973A: "The great speckled bird"
1973B: "Working on the building"
1974A: "Take me through"

AFS 1974B: "California earthquake" performed by two girls, with guitar by J. Hensley. Pineville, Kentucky, January 1938.

AFS 2589-2728: Recordings made by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax. April - June, 1939.

AFS 2612B3: "Children of America" performed by school children. Blalock School near Brownsville, Texas, April 27, 1939.

AFS 2656A1-B3: Five songs performed by Negro children. Wiergate School, Burkesville, Texas. May 16, 1939.

2656A1, A2: "Here comes Uncle Jessie"
2656A3: "All around green apple tree"
2656B1: "Ring around rosey"
2656B2: "Seed tick"
2656B3: "London Bridge"

AFS 2656B4: "Rigamarole" performed by Pearline Simmons and Theresa Sullivan. Wiergate School, Burkeville, Texas, May 16, 1939.

AFS 2657: Five songs performed by Negro children. Near Newton Texas, May 16, 1939.

2657A1: "Julie"
2657A2: "Old speckled lady"
2657A3: "Lost my handkerchief yesterday"
2657B1-3: "Suzanne"
2657B4: "I-tisket-I-tasket"

AFS 2663A: Two songs performed by Negro girls. Merryville School, Merryville, Louisiana, May 18, 1939.

2663A1: "Molly-coddle"
2663A2: "Ti-yi-ya-ya-hoo"

AFS 2665: Four songs performed by girls. Merryville Grammar School, Merryville, Louisiana, May 18, 1939.

2665A1: "Green old tree, oh rocky, oh"
2665A2: "Di-de-oh"
2665B2: "Old speckled lady"
2665B3: "Come on, Willie"

AFS 2735-3135: Recordings made by Herbert Halpert. March 15-June 15, 1939.

AFS 2789A-B2: Six songs performed by four children (ages 7, 8, 9, and 10). Dunham, Kentucky, March 29, 1939.

2789A1: "Ring around the roses"
2789A2: "Green gravels"
2789A3: "Go in and out the window"
2789A4: "Cinderella"
2789B1: "Big wax doll"
2789B2: "Old man daisy"

AFS 2789B3-4: Two songs performed by a school child. Dunham, Kentucky, March 29, 1938.

2789B3: "Betty Lou is my name, Dunham is my station"
2789B4: "Roses on my shoulder"

AFS 2858B2-3: "Ring around roses" performed by three children of Heaton School. Heaton, North Carolina, April 14, 1939.

AFS 2859A-B1: Two songs performed by four children of Heaton School. Heaton, North Carolina, April 14, 1939.

2859A1: "London bridge is broken down"
2859A2-B1: "Goin' to see Miss Jinny-I-Jones"

AFS 2859B2: "Goin' to see Miss Jinny-I-Jones" performed by one girl. Heaton School, Heaton, North Carolina, April 18, 1959.

AFS 2859B3: "Come play with me" performed by a nine year old child. Heaton School, Heaton, North Carolina.

AFS 2860A1: "Oh were are you goin'" performed by a school child. Heaton School, Heaton, North Carolina.

AFS 2860A2-B: Nine songs performed by girls of Heaton School. Heaton, North Carolina, April 14, 1939.

2860A2: "Froggie in the meadow"
2860B1: "E-V-I-V over"
2860B2: "Cinderella"
2860B3: "Boogerman"
2860B4: "My mother and your mother"
2860B5: "Ickie, bickie, sody cracker"
2860B6: "Ingin', ingin', number nine"
2860B7: "Down in the meadow where the green grass grows"
2860B8: "Mama sent me to the spring"

AFS 2945 A1: "Green coffee grows on a white oak stump" performed by four girls. Scottsboro Farms, Skyline, Alabama, May 15, 1939.

AFS 2945A2: "The miller" performed by a boy and three girls. Scottsboro Farms, Skyline, Alabama, May 5, 1939.

AFS 2959: Six songs performed by four girls. Tupelo, Mississippi, May, 1939.

2959A1: "Liitle Sally Walker"
2959A2: "How many miles to Bethlehem"
2959A3: "Sally go 'round the moonlight"
2959A4: "Call him, Rachel, call him"
2959B2: "Red leaf, yellow leaf"
2959B3: "Walking on the green grass"

AFS 2960: Nine songs performed by three children. Tupelo, Mississippi, May 8, 1939.

2960A1: "Mis' lady, mis' lady"
2960A2: "Tist a-tist a-tastet"
2960A3: "Green-a, green-a, crabapple"
2960A4: "I'm runnin' over the river
2960B1: "Green-a-tree, rocky road"
2960B2: "Steal, Miss Liza"
2960B3: "Punch-a-nella little fella"
2960B4: "Here, rang, here (Rabbit, rabbit)"
2960B5: "Jesus met a woman at the well"

AFS 2975A3-4, 2976A1-2: Three songs performed by four girls. Monroe County Training School, Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

2975A3: "Oh John, the rabbit"
2975A4: "Rabbit"
2976A1-2: "Miss Sue"

AFS 2975B1: "Hey 10-can to show" performed by six children. Monroe County Training School, Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

AFS 2975B2-3: Two songs performed by girls. Monroe County Training School, Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

2975B2: "Miss Betty's dead"
2975B3: "A gentleman from Spain"

AFS 2976A1-2: Two songs performed by small children. Monroe County Training School, Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

2976A1: "Bobaneeta"
2976A2: "Walk about Annie"

AFS 2976A3: "I'm wandering o'er the river" performed by girls. Monroe County Training School. Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

AFS 2976B: "Dinah (sick in bed)" performed by small children. Monroe County Training School. Amory, Mississippi, May 10, 1939.

AFS 3049A1-2: "Ring around the Moses" performed by Daisy marie and four children. Brandon, Mississippi, May 25, 1939.

AFS 3049A3-B: Four songs perfomred by Eva Grace Boon and five children. Brandon, Mississippi, May 25, 1939.

3049A3: "Adam had seven sons"
3049B1: "We're goin' around the mountain"
3049B2: "Little Rosa Lee"
3049B3: "Sail the hooticat"

AFS 3050-3052: Seventeen songs performed by Eva Grace Boon and a children's group. Brandon, Mississippi, May 25, 1939.

3050A1: "All the way 'round the shoe 'round"
3050A2: "Chew your rock candy"
3050A3: "Old lady sittin' in the dining room"
3050B1: "Little Sally Walker"
3050B2: "All around the Maypole"
3050B3: "Oh here sits a monkey in the chair, chair, chair"
3050B4: "I lost my handkerchief"
3051A1: "Green gravel"
3051A2: "Lucy Rabbit"
3051A3: "How many miles to Benjamintown"
3051B1: "Here comes one gentleman, just from Spain"
3051B2: "Go in and out the window"
3052B3: "Pull in the ship"
3052A1: "My mammy told me"
3052A2: "H'ist your window way yonder"
3052A3: "Papa goin' to town, zig zag"
3052A4: "Draw a bucket of water"

AFS 3069B1: "Seline" performed by Sarah Anne Ree and a young people's group. Southern Christian Institute, Edwards, Mississippi, May 28, 1939.

AFS 3069B2: "Miss Sue from Alabama" performed by Ann Lawrence and a young people's group. Southern Christian Institute, Edwards, Mississippi, May 20, 1939.

AFS 3072A1: "Sally go 'round the sunshine" preformed by young people, Edwards, Mississippi, May 28, 1939.

AFS 3074A1: "Little Sally Walker" performed by Susie May Miller and group of five children. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3074A2: "Logan, come she'" performed by Flavia Woods and group of children. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3074A3: "Jane-Jane" performed by Lila May Stevens and children's group. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3074B1: "Mr. Rabbit" performed by Susie Miller and two boys. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3074B2: "Lost my handkerchief" performed by children. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3075A1: "We're walking on the green grass" performed by Laura Wilson and group of children. Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 29, 1939.

AFS 3075A2: "Old lady, shout, shout" performed by Melinda Cooper and group of children. Vicksburg, Mississippi, may 29, 1939.

AFS 3081B1: "Rickitiest superintendent" performed by Five Negro girls, State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi, May 1939.

AFS 3084A2: "Pullin' the skiff" performed by girls. State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi, May 31, 1939.

AFS 3099: Ten songs performed by seven children. Greenville, Mississippi, June 3, 1939.

3099A1: "One, two, three, a-leary"
3099A2: "Heel, toe, stamp it over"
3099A3: "Heel, toe, cross it over"
3099A4: "Hig a ma jig and away we go"
3099A5: "Johnny on the ocean"
3099A6: "Hello, Bill"
3099A7: "Cherry, cherry in my basket"
3099A8: "Jack, Jack"
3099A9-B1: "When I was the age of one"
3099B2: "Alice Palace"

AFS 3100A1-2: Two songs performed by eight children. Greenville, Mississippi, June 3, 1939.

3100A1: "Walking on the green grass"
3100A2: "Greentown lady"

AFS 3100A3-B: Ten songs performed by two girls. Greenville, Mississippi, June 3, 1939.

3100A3: "One year, twenty-four years"
3100A4: "Jump po' rabbit"
3100B1: "Here come three little gentlemen from Springtown"
3100B2: "Last night and the night before"
3100B3: "Ain't gonna count but one more time"
3100B4: "Little boy who sewed your breeches"
3100B5: "I went in the henhouse"
3100B6: "Way down yonder in Yanktiyank"
3100B7: "Beefsteak, beefsteak, barbecue"
3100B8: "I met Brother Rabbit"

AFS 3109B-3112B2: Eight songs performed by school group. Vancleave, Mississippi, June 9, 1939.

3109B: "Amazing Grace"
3110A1: "Coffee grows on white oak trees"
3110 A2-3: "Sugar lump"
3110B1: "Higher up on the cherry tree"
3110B2: "King William was King James' son"
3110B3: "There sits a young lady"
3112B1: "Worms (Nobody loves me)"
3112B2: "When I woke up this morning"

AFS 3558-3570: Recordings made by Margaret Valiant. 1939.

AFS 3561B: Two songs performed by boys with guitar. Brawley Migratory Camp, Brawley, California, February, 1939.

3561B1: "C.C.C. Blues"
3561B2: "Sea Gull"

AFS 3589-3623: Recordings made by Margaret Valiant. 1939.

AFS 3601-3603: Five songs performed by four Negro boys. Hubbard Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia, 1939.

3601A: "Tramping"
3601B: "My Lord, what a morning"
3602A: "That's enough for me to know"
3603A: "Didn't it rain"
3603B: "If I could hear my mother pray"

AFS 3624-3672: Recordings made by Herbert Halpert. New York City (presented by Columbia University Folk-Song Collection), 1938-1939.

AFS 3642A2: "I'm ridin' to Kentucky" performed by Catharine Mason and three girls. New York, New York, October 25, 1939.

AFS 3642A3: "Newsboy's chant" performed by newsboy. New York, New York, October 25, 1939.

AFS 3642B1-2, 3644A1: Three songs performed by Catharine Mason and three girls. New York, New York, October 25, 1939.

3642B1: "There's a lady in the river"
3642B2: "Sissy in the bond"
3644A1: "Walking up the green grass"

AFS 3644B2-3: Two songs performed by four girls. New York, New York, October 25, 1939.

3644B2: "Bluebird through my window"
3644B3: "Cry, baby, cry"

AFS 3647A4-B: "Walking up the green grass" performed by three girls. Lenox Hill Settlement House, New York, New York, October 26, 1939.

AFS 3648A: Three songs performed by four girls. Lenox Hill Settlement House, New York, New York, November 1, 1939.

3648A1: "London Bridge"
3648A2: "Ring around the rosy"
3648A3: "Bluebells through my window"

AFS 3648B3-3649: Nine songs performed by Josephine Alonzi and group of girls. Lenox Hill Settlement House, New York, New York, November 1, 1939.

3648B3-3649A1: "Old mother witch"
3649A2: "Cry, baby, cry"
3649A3: "Sticks and stones"
3649A4: "Be mad, stick mad"
3649B1: "I should worry, I should care"
3649B2: "Wolf, are you ready"
3649B3: "Rattlesnake"
3649B4: "Little Sally Saucer"

AFS 3650: Six songs performed by girls. Lenox Hill Settlement House, New York, New York, November 1, 1939.

3650A1: "On the mountain stands a lady"
3650A2: "Mama, mama, have you heard"
3650B1: "My mother, your mother had a fight"
3650B2: "My mother"
3650B3: "Icka bicker soda cricker"
3650B4: "Johnny made a little hole"

AFS 3670: Ten songs performed by school girls. Camp Winona, Lake Como, Pennsylvania, 1937.

3670A1: "All around the butterdish"
3670A2: "Your mother and my mother"
3670A3: "Eeny, meeny-miny-mo"
3670A4: "Francis is mad"
3670A5: "Cry, baby, cry"
3670A6: "Keep the kettle boiling"
3670A7: "What comes out of the chimney"
3670A8: "What comes out of the chimney"
3670A9: "Three versions: Star light, Star bright"
3670A10: "Fatty and Skinny had a race"

AFS 3942-4087: Recordings made by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax. 1940.

AFS 3981B1: "Walking on the green grass" performed by Negro school children. Jasper, Texas, October 1940.

AFS 3981B2: Four songs performed by Negro school children (Jerlene Shaw, Dorothy Mae Becks, Bobie Jane Adams, Zodie Gains, Harold Eugene Bronson, E.H. Dacus). Jasper, Texas, October, 1940.

3981B2: "Jump Jim Crow"
3981B3: "Clap, clap, partner"
3981B4: "Green over the fields"
3981B5: "Sissy in the barn"

AFS 4000A4: "Green gravel" performed by children. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October, 1940.

AFS 4014-4017B1: Twelve songs performed by Negro school children. Drew, Mississippi, October, 1940.

4014A1: "Chariot jubilee"
4014A2: "Satisfied"
4014A3: "Hey, pretty one"
4014A4: "Oh John the rabbit, oh yes"
4014A5: "Mazoo from Alabam'"
4014B1: "Hoodi-cat"
4014B2: "Shoo-fly"
4014B3: "Goin' over the mountain, two by two"
4014B4: "Old speckled lady, way over yonder"
4017A1: "Little girl, little girl"
4017A3: "Rock candy"
4017A4-B1: "Mary Mack"

AFS 4017B2: "Shortenin' bread" performed by Ora Dell Graham and Negro school children. Drew, Mississippi, October 1940.

AFS 4028B2-4043A: Twelve songs performed by Negro school children. Near York, Alabama, October 1940.

4028B2: "All hid"
4028B3: "All hid"
4029A1: "Ho Rosey"
4029A2: "Jack, can I ride"
4029A3: "Satisfide"
4029B1: "Strawberry walk"
4029B2: "Hey, hey Logan"
4029B3: "Candy gal"
4029B4: "Rocky row"
4029B5: "Br'r Rabbit chant"
4043A1: "All way round the merry pole"
4043A2: "All around the kitchen"

AFS 6178: Recordings made by Laura E. Ross. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1945.

AFS 6178A1: Two songs performed by Elizabeth Bateman (14) and Thelma Boyd (13). Madison School, Philadelphia, February 8, 1945.

6178A1: "Just a closer walk with thee"
6178A2: "He knows how much we can bear"

AFS 6178A2-B2: Two songs performed by Shirley West (6). Dunbar School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1945.

6178A2: "He knows how much we can bear"
6178B2: "If I can just make it in"

AFS 6604-6673: Recordings made by Alan Lomax. In collaboration with Fisk University socio-musical study of Coahoma County, Mississippi and Tennessee. July 15 - August 12, 1942.

AFS 6643B6: "May Mack" performed by Florence Mason (12), Emma Jane Davis (13), Alice Austin (14), and Dorothy May Word (14). Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6644A1: "Shortenin' bread" performed by Emma Jane Davis and group. Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6644 A2: "Frog went a courtin'" performed by Florence Mason and group. Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6644A3-A5: Three songs performed by Emma Jane Davis and group. Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

6644A3: "Sally go round the sunshine"
6644A4: "Little Sally Walker"
6644A5: "Pullin' the skiff"

AFS 6644B3-6645A3: Five songs performed by Florence Stamp and group. Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

6644B3: "Satisfy"
6644B4: "Friar's Point Victory Song"
6644B5: "Ice cream, soda water"
6644B6: "Milk, milk, (Hail, hail the gang's all here)"
6645 A1-A3: "Hiding go seek"

AFS 6645A4-A7: Four songs performed by Flora L. Standefer and group. Friar's Point, Mississippi, 1942.

6645A4: "Come on, boy, and let's go to hunting"
6645A5: "Jump, Mister Rabbit"
6645A6: "Mister Frog went a courtin' in a hay stack"
6645A7: "Satisfy"

AFS 6655A1: "Hop, Brer Rabbit, in the pea vine" performed by Tuby Ford Smith and group of teachers. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655A2: "Hop, Brer Rabbit in the pea vine" performed by Mrs.E.M. Davis and group, Coahoma, Mississippi. August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655A3: "Hop, Brer Rabbit in the pea vine" performed by group of teachers. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655A4: "Hop, Brer Rabbit, in the pea vine" performed by Dorothy Dillsworth Barry and group of teachers. Coahama, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 665A5: "We go logy, logy, logy" performed by Ruby Brown Hughes and group. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655B1: "Here come two gents from Holland Springs" performed by Ruby Harris and Ruby Brown Hughes. Coahoma, Mississippi. August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655B2: "Bob-a-needle" performed by Dorothy D. Bawdry and group. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6655B3-B6: Four songs performed by Sara Lena Teague and group. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

6655B3: "Mister Frog went to courting"
6655B4: "We're marching round the levy"
6655B5: "Down by the green apple tree"
6655B6: "Who de cat"

AFS 6655A1, B7: Two songs performed by Florence Rember and group of children. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

6655A1: "Satisfy"
6655B7: "How many miles to Bethlehem"

AFS 6656A3: "Little Sally Walker" performed by Queen Esther Ivory. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656A4: "Uncle John's old rabbit" performed by Florence Rember. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656A5: "Here come two gentlemen from Holly Springs" performed by Queen Esther and Florence Rember, Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656A6: "Here we go loopy-ti-loop" performed by Florence Rember and group. Coahoma, Mississippi. August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B1: "All hid" performed by Mary Lou Brewer. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B2: "All hid" performed by Florence Rember. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B3: "All hid" performed by Queen Esther Ivory. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B4: "All hid" performed by Ora B. Thomason. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B5: "All hid" performed by Viriginia Lee Thomason. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B6: "All hid" performed by Louise Hickes. Coahoma, Mississippi. August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B7: "All hid" performed by Bill J. Lewis. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B8: "All hid" performed by Lee Flowers. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B9: "All hid" performed by unidentified Negro girl. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B10: "All hid" performed by Mrs. E. M. Davis. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B11: "Little girl, little girl" performed by Mrs. E. M. Davis and group of teachers. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B12: "Little girl, little girl" performed by Mrs. E. M. Davis. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B13: "Y girls are high minded" performed by Negro teachers. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6656B14: "Shortenin' bread" performed by Billie James Levi. Coahoma, Mississippi, August 10, 1942.

AFS 6657A1-6657B9: Nineteen songs performed at Coahoma County Training School, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942.

6657A1: "All hid" performed by Ruby B. Hughes.
6657A2: "Who-li-can" performed by Ruby B. Hughes and group.
6657A3: "Aunt Dinah's dead" performed by Ruby B. Hughes and Ruby Harris.
6657A4: "Di dee-o" performed by Ruby Harris and group.
6657A5: "Shortenin' bread" performed by Ruby Smith and group.
6657A6: "Green gravel" performed by Ruby Smith and group.
6656A7: "All the way round" performed by Ruby Harris and group.
6656A8: "How many miles to Bethlehem" performed by teacher and group.
6657A9: "Lost my handkerchief yesterday"performed by Willie May Reynolds.
6657A10: "Sally go round the sunshine" performed by Willie May Reynolds.
6657B1: "Willy over the water" performed by Rosie Shelby and group.
6647B2: "Needle eye" performed by Ruby Harris.
6657B3: "Shoo fly" performed by Ruby Harris.
6657B4: "The old cow died in cool water" performed by Ruby Harris.
6657B5: "Chicken-ma-craney-crow" performed by Ruby Harris.
6656B6: "Did you ever see the monkey do the motion" performed by Florence Rember and group.
6656B7: "Chicken-ma-craney-crow" performed by Florence Rember and group.
6657B8: "Aunt Dinah's dead" performed by Queen Esther and group.
6657B9: "Guessing game" performed by the children.

AFS 6663B3-6664: Four songs performed by four Negro girls. Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942.

6663B3: "I heard the voice of Jesus say"
6664A1: "I heard the voice of Jesus say"
6664A2: "All my trouble will be over after a while"
6664B: "All power is in His hands"

AFS 6665A1-6666A2: Twelve songs performed by unidentified singer. Clarsdale, Mississippi, 1942.

6665A1: "Good old man"
6665A2: "Satisfy"
6665A3: "Satisfy"
6665A4: "Satisfy"
6665B1: "Go in and out the window"
6665B2: "Jump for joy"
6665B3: "Tip-a-gho"
6665B4: "Tip-a-gho"
6665B5: "Old Georgia rabbit"
6665B6: "It ain't gonna rain no mo'"
6666A1: "It ain't gonna rain no mo'"
6666A2: "Sally pick a susy"

AFS 6669A2: "Red wasp is stinging me" performed by Etherene Harris (16) and others. Lula, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669A3: "Who de cat" performed by Etherene Harris and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669A4: "Miss Sue from Alabama" performed by Mary Lee Johnson (14) and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669A5: "Draw a bucket of water" performed by Etherene Harris and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669A6: "Edimo Rocka" performed by Ruby Harris and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669B1: "Gwan down, rabbit" performed by Etherene Harris and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669B2: "Gwan down, rabbit" performed by Anne Williams (27?). Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

AFS 6669B3-4: Two songs performed by Etherene Harris and group. Dundee, Mississippi, 1942.

6669B3: "Satisfy"
6669B4: "Sea Lion"

AFS 8894: Children's Songs. Recorded at the Recording Laboratory of Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1947.

AFS 8944A1: Three songs performed by Gail and Deborah Owen.

8944A1: "My father killed a kangaroo"
8944A2: "I put my nose in a little skunk's hole"
8944A3: "Down in the valley"

AFS 9829-9863: Recordings made at National Folk Festival. Recorded by U.S.Recording Company. Washington, D.C., May 1938.

AFS 9832B5: "The keys of heaven or Paper of pins" performed by girl and boy. Crossnore School, North Carolina, 1938.

AFS 9832B6: "Great grand dad" performed by boys from Crossnore School. North Carolina, 1938.

AFS 9832B7: "Fair and tender maidens" performed by girls from Crossnore School. North Carolina, 1938.

AFS 9836A3: "Old woman, old woman, are you fond of quilling" performed by two children.

AFS 9843B3-9844A3: Seven songs performed by children's group. Smithfield, Tennessee, 1938.

9843B3: "Charlie he's a dandy"
9843B4: "Five tinkers"
9843B5: "Shoot the buffalo"
9843B6: "Old Dan Tucker"
9844A1: "Old Dan Tucker (concluded)"
9844A2: "Yonder she comes"
9844A3: "Jump, Joseph"

AFS 15,084-15,087: Recordings made by Alan Jabbour. West Virginia Recording Project, August 5-7, 1972.

AFS 15,086A1: "Knoxville girl" performed by Kay Hammons (3 3/4) coached by Aileen Hammons. Marlinton, West Virginia, August 6, 1972.

AFS 15,086A2-3: Two songs performed by Lee Hammons (c. 5) coached by Aileen Hammons. Marlinton, West Virginia, August 6, 1972.

15,086A2: "Knoxville girl"
15,086A3: "Sweet Marie or There's a bedbug on your collar"