Leon Ponce performing Anglo-American music,
July, 1939

Manuscripts: In English.

Comprises a group of field materials documenting Leon Ponce performing Anglo-American unaccompanied songs and stories on July 17, 18, and 31, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California.

Recordings:

July 17:
The Days of forty nine
Bury me in the fruit-a-stand
The Tune the old cow died on
Ella Ree
The Club meeting
Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas cake

July 18:
Hop sing
Raffle for a stove
Narration by Leon Ponce and Mr. Hall
O, Love, they say, is a funny thing

July 31:
I'm as happy as the day is long
We'll drink the old jug dry
Dark eyed sailor
From Hamburg chust a-comin'
The Days of forty nine

Leon Ponce portraits

Days of forty nine

Field reports: Leon Ponce is "one-quarter or one-half Indian, but speaks only English. His songs are English and Irish exclusively."

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