"Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society is a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular …
As a youth, I obtained a scratchy old 78rpm record of ""The Prisoner's Song"" sung by Vernon Dalhart. I also sang and, and sang and played American Folk songs on an old acoustic guitar with a harmonica rest strapped around my neck. It was at that time that I wondered, who were t…
A lavish presentation of 208 folksongs collected throughout Alabama in the 1940s. Alabama is a state rich in folksong tradition, from old English ballads sung along the Tennessee River to children's game songs played in Mobile, from the rhythmic work songs of the railroad gandy …
