James Farmer Collette recordings [sound recording] 1937.

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James Farmer Collette recordings [sound recording] 1937.

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Recordings are on 78s. Songs include "Buck Creek Girls Won't go to Somerset, ""I'm Gonna Cross the White Oak Mountain," two versions of "Jackson Jail Blues, " "The Butler's Boy, " "The Knoxville Girl, " "John Henry, " "I Would Pawn You My Watch, " "Little Birdie, " and "Cumberland Gap." Most of the songs are traditional except for "Jackson County Jail House Blues, " which is an original piece.

5 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Library of Congress. Music Division

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Collette, James Farmer, 1904-1939.

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James Farmer Collette (1904-1939) of Jacks Creek in Leslie County, Kentucky was recorded in September, 1937 by Alan Lomax of the Archives of American Folk Songs for the Library of Congress. Collette worked as a stonemason. From the description of James Farmer Collette recordings [sound recording] 1937. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 44949479 ...

Archive of American folk song

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Biographical History Pearl R. Nye was born on February 5, 1872 aboard the canal boat "Reform." He spent his life on canal boats on the Ohio and Erie Canal and researched and documented the songs and traditions of canal life. He died in 1950. From the guide to the Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection, 1937-1944, (Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home) ...