Research Catalog
Negro prison camp work songs
- Title
- Negro prison camp work songs [sound recording].
- Publication
- New York : Ethnic Folkways Library, 1956.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LZR 61344 [Lyrics] | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LZR 61344 [Disc] | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Description
- 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
- Series Statement
- Ethnic Folkways library
- Alternative Title
- Let your hammer ring.
- Here, Rattler, here.
- Chopping in the new ground.
- Mighty bright light.
- Go down, old Hannah.
- Grizzly bear.
- Lost John.
- You got to hurry.
- I need more power.
- We need another witness.
- Subject
- Note
- Prison camp worksongs.
- Program notes by Peter Seeger and lyrics (7 p.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in Feb. 1951, by Toshi and Peter Seeger, John Lomax Jr., and others, at Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas. The original tapes were deposited in the Folklore Archives of the Library of Congress.
- Contents
- Let your hammer ring -- Here, Rattler, here -- Chopping in the new ground -- Mighty bright light -- Go down, old Hannah -- Grizzly bear -- Lost John -- You got to hurry -- I need more power -- We need another witness.
- Call Number
- *LZR 61344
- LCCN
- ra 57000030
- OCLC
- 26559963
- Title
- Negro prison camp work songs [sound recording].
- Imprint
- New York : Ethnic Folkways Library, 1956.
- Series
- Ethnic Folkways library
- Performer
- Various performers.
- Event
- Recorded in Feb. 1951, by Toshi and Peter Seeger, John Lomax Jr., and others, at Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas. The original tapes were deposited in the Folklore Archives of the Library of Congress.
- Added Title
- Let your hammer ring.Here, Rattler, here.Chopping in the new ground.Mighty bright light.Go down, old Hannah.Grizzly bear.Lost John.You got to hurry.I need more power.We need another witness.
- Publisher No.
- P 475 Ethnic Folkways Library
- Research Call Number
- *LZR 61344 Lyrics on file.