T-I-M-O-T-H-Y (One Morning In May)

Audio file
Date recorded: 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Gibbs, Alice; Performer: Unidentified man; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad
Culture: Caribbean, Netherlands Antilles
Instruments: guitar, voice
Location: Sint Eustatius, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T2040
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T2040R06
Note: Lomax identifies Gibbs' accompanists as "John, Conrad, 3 women." It's not known which of these is the guitarist (if it's not Gibbs herself).
Belongs to: Sint Eustatius 1/67
About the session: It's not known what brought Alan Lomax and Joan Halifax to Sint Eustatius (known locally as "Statia") or how they found the artists they recorded, which include the Statia Serenaders string-band and singer Alice Gibbs. The session features whaling songs, dance tunes, music for a David and Goliath pageant, and carols and comic songs of British derivation.
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