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Size | 6 items. |
Abstract | James Jordan's wife was a member of the Weatherman family, and her ancestors appear to have been plantation owners in North Carolina (location unknown). The collection includes six audiocassettes, ca. 1970s, of James Jordan and his wife singing ballads, folk songs, children's songs, and spirituals, individually and in duet. Some of the songs were passed down through their families; others the two learned as children. According to Jordan, the spirituals were originally learned from slaves on the Weatherman family plantation in North Carolina. After each song, the family of origin is identified. |
Creator | James Jordan |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Sarah Starnes, October 2002
Encoded by: Sarah Starnes, October 2002
Updated by: Anne Wells, July 2018; Nancy Kaiser, February 2021
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James Jordan's wife was a member of the Weatherman family. Her ancestors appear to have been plantation owners in North Carolina. The plantation location is unknown.
Back to TopSix recordings, ca. 1970s, of James Jordan and his wife singing ballads, folk songs, and spirituals, individually and in duet. Some of the songs were passed down through their families; others the two learned as children. According to Jordan, the spirituals were originally learned from slaves on the Weatherman family plantation in North Carolina. After each song, the family of origin is identified. Also according to Jordan, he and his wife recorded the songs to leave to their children and that it was their intention to publish them if possible. He indicates that some of the songs were already published in the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, but it is unclear whether the Jordans were actual contributors to Brown's collection or if they simply saw the inclusion of songs shared by their family repertoire in that volume.
Back to TopSound recordings consist of six audiocassettes, ca. 1970s. They include ballads, folk songs, and spirituals sung by James Jordan and his wife learned from their families and as children. Song lists for the tapes have been added to the Southern Folklife Collection tape logs file.
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6113 |
Folk Songs tape 1Audiocassette Side 1.1. "Yonder Goes a Rabbit." Side 1.2. "Moma, Moma, Have You Heard?" Side 1.3. "I Wouldn't Have Him." Side 1.4. "The Paper of Pins." Side 1.5. "Cindy." Side 1.6. "John Brown Had a Little Indian." Side 1.7. "Whoopee! Liza Jane." Side 1.8. "Billy Boy." Side 1.9. "The Farmer's Curst Wife." Side 1.10. "Me and My Donie." Side 1.11. "Moma Sent Me to the Spring." Side 1.12. "Froggie Went a Courtin'." Side 1.13. "Turkey in the Straw." Side 1.14. "The Preacher and the Bear." Side 1.15. "The Keeper." Side 1.16. "Shoo Fly." Side 1.17. "The Old Woman and Her Pig." Side 1.18. "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" Side 1.19. "A Ford." Side 1.20. "Little Brown Jug." Side 1.21. "Roll Your Hands." |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6114 |
Folk Songs tape 2Audiocassette Side 1.1. "Hesitating Blues." Side 1.2. "Casey Jones." Side 1.3. "Here, Rattler, Here." Side 1.4. "Here, Rattler, Here No. 2." Side 1.5. "Go Shoot That Turkey Buzzard." Side 1.6. "It Just Suits Me." Side 1.7. "Go to Sleep, Little Baby." Side 1.8. "Goin' to See Jennie Augusta." Side 1.9. "Chick-A-Dee-Dee." Side 1.10. "Never Speck to Marry Anymore." Side 1.11. "Simon Slick's Mule." Side 1.12. "Where'd You Get That Hat?" Side 1.13. "Dis Ol Hammer." Side 1.14. "Tom Dooley." Side 1.15. "The All-Go Hungry Hash House." |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6115 |
Folk Songs tape 3Audiocassette Side 1.1. "No Home, Cried a Little Girl." Side 1.2. "Ruben's Train." Side 1.3. "Workin' On the Railroad." Side 1.4. "Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl." Side 1.5. "Sally Goodin." Side 1.6. "Chewing Gum Song." Side 1.7. "Green Gravel." Side 1.8. "Tickled." Side 1.9. "Old Man, Don't You Want to Buy a Dog?" Side 1.10. "Groundhog." Side 1.11. "Cumberland Gap." Side 1.12. "Somebody's Kicking My Dog Around." Side 1.13. "Go Tell Aunt Patsy." Side 1.14. "Mondy, You'd Better Be Quilting." |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6116 |
Folk Songs tape 4Audiocassette Side 1.1. "Jennie Jenkins." Side 1.2. "I Dreamed That I Was Grandaddy." Side 1.3. "Baby Bye, Here's a Fly." Side 1.4. "Fun Song, Yonder They Go." Side 1.5. "Poor Tommy." Side 1.6. "Pass Around the Bottle." Side 1.7. "Go In and Go Out the Window." Side 1.8. "When That Good Road Went Through." Side 1.9. "Henry Ford Car." Side 1.10. "Ten Little Indians." Side 1.11. "New River Train." |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6117 |
Folk Songs tape 5Audiocassette Side 1.1. "Sing, Sing, What Shall I Sing?" Side 1.2. "Please Mr. Conductor." Side 1.3. "She'll Be Comin Around the Mountain." Side 1.4. "Sourwood Mountain." Side 1.5. "Pretty Fair Field." Side 1.6. "Old Molly Hare." Side 1.7. "Rock-a-Bye Baby." Side 1.8. "Six Fat Ducks." Side 1.9. "Big Black Dog." Side 1.10. "Cindy (Papa's Words to Paul)." Side 1.11. "Cripple Creek." Side 1.12. "Old Dan Tucker." Side 1.13. "Quack, Quack, Said the Duck." Side 1.14. "Old Jimmy Suttonton." |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20365/6118 |
Folk Songs tape 6Audiocassette Side 1.1. "Rock-a-Bye Baby Song." Side 1.2. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Side 1.3. "Cluck Old Hen." Side 1.4. "What You Gonna Do With the Baby-O?" Side 1.5. "The Farmer's Curst Wife." Side 1.6. "Froggie Went a Courtin (Collected)." Side 1.7. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" |
Audiocassettes (FS-6113-6118)
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