Interview with Bessie Jones about songs she learned from her grandparents |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
1 |
Old Bill The Rolling Pin |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
2 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about Old Bill The Rolling Pin |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
3 |
Railroad Bill |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
4 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Rap Jack and Ol' Mule, I Say |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
5 |
Ol' Mule, I Say |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
6 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Ol' Mule, I Say and her musical grandfather |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
7 |
Shortnin' Bread |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
8 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about singing during work |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
9 |
Coonshine (Coonjine) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
10 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about the Coonshine (Coonjine) dance |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
11 |
If You Don't Like The Way I Do (If You Don't Like My Peaches) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
12 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about If You Don't Like The Way I Do, her schooling, and Steal Away |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
13 |
Steal Away |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
14 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on secular and spiritual education |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
15 |
Have Courage To Say No |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
16 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about courtship |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
17 |
My Lord What A Morning |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
18 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on My Lord What A Morning (When The Stars Begin To Fall) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
19 |
Sunshine And Rain |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
20 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Sunshine And Rain |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
21 |
We're Called The Christian Soldiers |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
22 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on We're Called The Christian Soldiers and her schooling |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
23 |
Elephant Fair |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
24 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about Elephant Fair |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
25 |
Just From The Kitchen |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
26 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Just From The Kitchen and Nana, Thread Needle |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
27 |
Nana, Thread Needle (I) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
28 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Nana, Thread Needle |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
29 |
Nana, Thread Needle (II) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
30 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Nana, Thread Needle and Soup Soup |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
31 |
Soup Soup (I) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
32 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Soup Soup |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
33 |
Soup Soup (II) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
34 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on East Coast Line |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
35 |
East Coast Line |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
36 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about East Coast Line and Uncle Jesse |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
37 |
Uncle Jesse |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
38 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about Uncle Jesse and Bob-a-Needle |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
39 |
Bob-a-Needle |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
40 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Bob-a-Needle (Bobbin' Needle) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
41 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about old spirituals |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
42 |
Over Yonder (On That Other Shore) |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
43 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Over Yonder |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
44 |
Let Me Fly To Mount Zion |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
45 |
Commentary by Bessie Jones on Let Me Fly To Mount Zion and Lordy, Don't Leave Me |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
46 |
Lordy, Don't Leave Me |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
47 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about Lordy, Don't Leave Me, Some Of These Days, and Walk In The Light |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
48 |
Walk In The Light |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
49 |
Interview with Bessie Jones about her family's songs and Nora, Hoist The Window |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
50 |