Roll, Roll, Roll and Go

Title: Roll, Roll, Roll and Go
Date recorded: August 2, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Big Drum group; Performer: Sylvester, Virginia; Performer: Solon, Lawrence; Performer: Lejen, Derrick; Performer: Lawrence, Prince; Performer: Lawrence, Faith; Performer: Joseph, Virginia; Performer: Joseph, Sheraf; Performer: Joseph, Newton; Performer: Henry, Margaret; Performer: Hector, Edith; Performer: Duncan, Sweet Honey; Performer: Duncan, Millicent; Performer: Duncan, Lucianne; Performer: Dick, Martha; Performer: Dick, Beatrice; Performer: Bristol, Charles; Performer: Aikens, Daniel; Performer: Adams, Ferguson (Sugar Tamarind); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: sailor song
Instruments: voice
Culture: Carriacou, Grenadines

Subject(s):

Note: Alternation between solo and chorus singing. Chorus sings predominantly in unison.
Setting: Tombstone feast

Location: La Resource, Carriacou, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada

Archive ID: T1209R08

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1209
Track: 8

Part of: La Resource 8/62

About the session: This session features predominantly leader/chorus singing of chanteys (sailor songs), story songs (Nancy stories), pass-play (a game typically played by unmarried teenagers), and other genres. In his field log, Alan Lomax names a number of individuals who participated in this session and (unless otherwise specified by Lomax) they are all listed as "possible" performers.

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