| Commentary by Bessie Jones on O Happy Land |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| One Saw, Two Saw |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on One Saw, Two Saw |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Soup Soup |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Steal Miss Liza, Steal Liza Jane |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Yes, Ma'am |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Yes, Ma'am and Shortnin' Bread |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Shortnin' Bread |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| John, John, You Will See John |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on John, John, You Will See John |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Eli, You Can't Stand |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Ain't It Hard To Be A Farmer |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Go To Sleepy, Little Baby |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Go To Sleepy, Little Baby (All The Pretty Little Horses) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Jump That Jody (fragment) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on I Got A Sister Over Yonder |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I Got A Sister Over Yonder |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| You'd Better Leave That Wine Alone |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on You Better Leave That Wine Alone and Rock So Low |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Rock So Low |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Sign Of The Judgment |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Once There Was No Sun |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Once There Was No Sun |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Goodbye, Sinner, I'm Goin' Away To Leave You (false start) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Goodbye, Sinner, I'm Goin' Away To Leave You |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Get In Union, Jesus Is A-Listenin' |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Get In Union, Jesus Is A-Listenin' |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For My Lord (fragment) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Tall Angel At The Bar |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Tall Angel At The Bar and Lay Your Head In The Window |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Lay Your Head In The Window |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I Wished I Had Wings Like Nora's Dove (false start) (I) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I Wished I Had Wings Like Nora's Dove (false start) (II) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I Wished I Had Wings Like Nora's Dove |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on I Wished I Had Wings Like Norah's Dove (fragment) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Dead And Gone |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Dead And Gone |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Throw Me Overboard |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| I Got To Lay In The Old Cold Graveyard, I Got To Lay There For Myself |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Annie Belle |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Annie Belle |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Gonna Get Me A Gator |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Gonna Get Me A Gator and eating alligator meat |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on herbal remedies, aphrodisiacs, and a cross-dressing farmhand |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Way Go, Lily |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Ol' Rowdy Slow |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Another Day The Lord Have Kept Me |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the Prodigal Son |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Prodigal Son |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the medicinal uses of prickly ash |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on making watermelon syrup and preserves |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Story about Bessie Jones' uncle and a watermelon patch |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on her uncle's guitar and the difference between rags and reels |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on working in Florida, vegetables and cooking |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Ghost story about a haunted church |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Elephant Fair (fragment) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Elephant Fair |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Elephant Fair |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Just From The Kitchen |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Just From The Kitchen |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Nana, Thread Needle / Neighbor, Neighbor, Loan Your Hatchet |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Nana, Thread Needle and Skip To The Barbershop |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Skip To The Barbershop |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about East Coast Line |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| East Coast Line |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on East Coast Line and Sandy Ree (Sangaree) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Sandy Ree |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Sandy Ree (Sangaree) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Uncle Jesse |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Uncle Jesse and Bob-A-Needle (Bobbin' Needle) |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Bob-A-Needle (Bobbin' Needle) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Bob-A-Needle (Bobbin' Needle) and Oh, Green Fields, Roxie |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Oh, Green Fields, Roxie |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Oh, Green Fields, Roxie and Mister Brown |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Mister Brown |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Sue, Sue |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Go In And Out The Window |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Pick A Bale Of Cotton |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Pick A Bale Of Cotton |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| The Devil Got To Move |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on old singing styles |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Drive Old Satan Away |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Drive Old Satan Away and Moses, Moses, Don't Get Lost |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Moses, Moses, Don't Get Lost |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Regular, Regular, Rollin' Under |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Regular, Regular, Rollin' Under |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Where Are You Going, Buzzard |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Knock Jim Crow |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Nana, Thread Needle |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the term bunkum and East Coast Line |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| East Coast Line |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Pick A Bale Of Cotton |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Pick A Bale Of Cotton and regional song and language variations |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Go In And Out The Window |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on One Saw, Two Saw |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| One Saw, Two Saw |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Steal Miss Liza and Johnny Cuckoo |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Johnny Cuckoo |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on William, William, Trimbletoe |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
| William, William, Trimbletoe |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
