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On the trail of Negro folk-songs / by Dorothy Scarborough ; assisted by Ola Lee Gulledge.

Record ID
310785
Accession number
Fuld
Creator
Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935.
Object title

On the trail of Negro folk-songs / by Dorothy Scarborough ; assisted by Ola Lee Gulledge.

Published
Cambridge, [Mass.] : Harvard University Press, 1925.
Credit line
James Fuld Collection.
Provenance
James Fuld.
Inscriptions/Markings
"1st [ed.]; Contains 1st printing of common words and music of Short'nin' bread, p. 149-50; Also includes Lonesome road, Work song, Ain't gonna rain no mo', Frankie and Johnny, Blue-tail fly, Casey Jones"--pencil inscription on front flyleaf by James Fuld.
Notes
Traces Negro folksongs back to their American beginnings. Dance songs, ballads, lullabies, work songs, and others are discussed.
Contents
On the trail of Negro folk-songs. I went up on the mountain top ; July Ann Johnson ; Run, nigger, run [2] ; Old gray horse come tearin' out o' de wilderness ; African counting song ; Maman donne moin un pitit mari ; Most done ling'rin' here ; Ingo-ango fay -- The Negro's part in transmitting the traditional songs and ballads. Hangman, slack on the line ; Lady Isabel and the elf knight ; Mister frog ; Old Bangum ; A little boy threw his ball ; Lord Lovel ; The noble Skewball -- Negro ballads. Massa had a yaller gal ; Cotton-eyed Joe ; Old Jesse ; The lonesome road ; Mister Boll Weevil ; Frankie ; Frankie and Albert ; The coon-can game ; I went to the hop-joint ; Tom cat -- Dance-songs or reels. Juba ; Ole Aunt Kate ; Jimmy Rose ; Rise, ole Napper ; Lula gal ; Hold my mule ; 'T ain't gwine rain no mo' ; Ol' Virginny never tire ; Buffalo gals ; In some lady's garden ; Dance-song [Lead a man, dideeo] ; My mammy stoled a cow ; Miss Mary Jane ; Voyez ce mulet là ; Un deux trois ; Aurore Pradère ; Milatraisse courri dans bal ; Mote ape promene sur la rue commune ; Jump Jim Crow -- Children's game songs. Ransum scansum ; Hop, old squirrel ; Old Ponto is dead ; The closet key ; Do, do, pity my case ; This lady she wears a dark-green shawl -- Lullabies. Lullaby [Hushaby, don't you cry] ; Ole cow ; Baa-baa, black sheep ; Short'nin' bread [2] ; Put on the skillet ; Who dat ; Fais do do, Minette ; Cree-mo-cri-mo-dorro-wah ; Great big dog -- Songs about animals. Charleston gals ; Ole Marse John ; Pains in my fingers ; Boil dem cabbage down ; Karo song ; Raccoon up in de 'simmon tree ; Mister Rabbit ; Ole Mister Rabbit ; Bra' Rabbit (Oyscha') ; Settin' on a rail ; Story of creation ; Whoa, mule ; O-o-oh, sistren an' bred'ren ; You call me dog, I don' ker ; Go tell Aunt Tabbie ; Bullfrog ; De blue-tail fly ; La pluie tombe ; Dey all got a mate but me -- Work-songs. Grassy islands ; Work-song [A little streak o' lean] ; City of refuge ; Row after row ; Tout pitit Negresse ; Shine reel ; Work-song [Oh, baby, what you gwine to do] ; Work-song [Thought I fell in ten foot o' water] ; Work-song [Help me driv'er] ; Work-song [On de mountain] ; Norah ; My ole mistis ; Skinner's song ; I'm a nachel-bown reacher -- Railroad songs. The midnight train and the 'fo' day train ; De Dummy Line ; Look where de train done gone ; Casey Jones ; The train is a-coming ; De gospel train am leabin' -- Blues. Don' cher look at me Ca'line ; Four o'clock ; Oh, ho, baby, take a one on me ; A brown-skinned woman ; Po li'l Ella ; Jack o' diamonds.
Associated names
Gulledge, Ola Lee.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.