Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Box
Title
Disks #27-52
Date(s)
- 1938-1939 (Creation)
Extent
26 items
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This box contains the following items:
Disk 27a: Gypsy Davy [2:48] / 27b: Lady Mary [2:22]
English folk ballads sung and played on guitar by May Kennedy McCord, [Springfield, MO] June 5, 1939.
Owens 25/26
[note: both songs included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
CD access copy Box 9
Disk 28a: Sacred Harp No. 421 [Cooper] We'll All Shout Together [Sweet Morning] [2:12] / 28b: Sacred Harp [Cooper 501, That Beautiful Land] [2:36]
Shape note hymns sung by unidentified choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 99/100
CD access copy Box 9
Disk 29a: Frog Went A Courting [2:52] / Frog Went a Courting [2:02]
29a: Folk song sung and played by May Kennedy McCord, Springfield, MO, June 5, 1939.
29b: Folk song sung by Mrs. C. H. Burke [Silsbee, TX] [n.d.]
Owens 24
[note: 29a included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
CD access copy Box 9
Disk 30a: Frog Went a Courting [1:17] / 30b: Sailor Song [1:34]
Folk songs sung by Donald Davidson [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 5
[note: song order is mis-labled on CD]
Disk 31a: Rich Irish Lady [part 1] [2:30] / 31b-1: [Rich Irish Lady, part 2] [0:30]; 31b-2: Lazy Man [2:13]
Folk ballads sung by unidentified females [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 75/76
[note: all songs included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
Disk 32a: The Old Woman from Ireland [2:27] / 32b: Jennie Jenkins [0:45]
Folk songs sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 73/74
[note: 32b bad condition; both songs included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
Disk 33a: Travelin On [2:08] / 33b: By and By [2:37]
33a: Gospel song sung by unidentified choir and male soloist with piano accompaniment [n.p.] [n.d.]
33b: Gospel song sung by unidentified choir and female soloist with piano accompaniment [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 144/145
Disk 34a: Sacred Harp Parting Song [Cooper #62, Parting Hand "My Christian friends, in bonds of love"] [2:50] / 34b: Sacred Harp minor key [Cooper 47b, Idumea "And am I born to die?"] [2:12]
Shape note hymns sung by unidentified choir at Austonio, TX, summer 1940.
Owens 144/145
[note: 34b included as "Idumea" in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song"]
Disk 35a: Poor Pilgrim [1:48] / 35b: Poor Pilgrim [2:11]
Gospel hymn sung by Ella Prescott [First Baptist Church, Colored, Silsbee, TX] [n.d.]
Disk 36a: Steal Away [2:53] / 36b: There's No Hiding Place [2:17]
Gospel hymns sung by unidentified female and choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 150/151
[note: 36b has 0:55 silence at beginning of track]
Disk 37a: Jesus is Sweeter [2:21]
Gospel song sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 152
Disk 38a: Somebody Touched Me [1:25] / 38b: Good News [1:58]
Gospel songs sung by [Ella Prescott] and unidentified females at [First Baptist Church, Silsbee, TX] [n.d.]
Owens 154/155
[note: songs included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song"]
Disk 39a: Toiling [2:51] / 39b: Every Time [1:57]
39a: Gospel song sung by [General Washington] at [Old Elam Baptist Church, Hearne, TX] [n.d.]
39b: Gospel hymn sung by [Old Elam Baptist Church Choir] with unidentified female at [Hearne, TX] [n.d.]
Owens 158/159
[note: 39a included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song"]
Disk 40a: It May Be the Best for Me [2:43] / 40b: Heaven's Radio [2:56]
Gospel songs sung by Miss Freddie Lee Kirby with piano accompaniment, Galveston, TX [n.d.]
Owens 173/174
[note: 40b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 41a: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [2:15] / 41b: Swinging on the Golden Gates [2:14]
Gospel song and hymn sung by [African Methodist Episcopal Church] choir, [Calvert, TX] [n.d.]
Owens 181/182
[note: hymns included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 42a: Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray [1:42] / 42b: Walk Together Children [1:49]
Gospel songs sung by [Ella Prescott] and choir at [First Baptist Church, Colored] Silsbee, TX [n.d.]
Owens 175/176
[note: songs included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 43a: Put Your All on the Altar [2:48] / 43b: When the Morning Comes [2:08]
43a: Gospel hymn sung and played by Carol [Swain] with unidentified female and choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
43b: Gospel hymn sung by [Old Elam Baptist Church] choir, Hearne, TX [1938]
Owens 177/178
[note: 43b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 44a: I'm On the Battlefield [2:39] / 44b: I've Been Listening [1:15]
Gospel hymns sung by [General Washington] and [Old Elam Baptist Church] choir, Hearne, TX [1938]
Owens 185/186
[note: 44b shallow grooves; song included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 45a: Walking Around [2:41] / 45b: The Old Maid [0:53]; [Put My Little Shoes Away] [1:26]
45a: Gospel song sung by unidentified male quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
45b: Folk songs sung by unidentified male [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 196/197
[note: side 45b bad condition, severe scratches; "The Old Maid" included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
Disk 46a: Old Ship of Zion [2:28] / 46b: Down the Lonesome Road [2:03]
Gospel hymns sung by The Silsbee Four [male quartet], Silsbee, TX [1938]
Owens 194/195
[note: 46a included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 47a: When The Morning Comes (By and By) [1:50] / 47b: Dry Bones [2:09]
47a: Gospel hymn sung by unidentified choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
47b: Gospel song sung by [The Uplifted Four] [Calvert, TX] [1938]
Owens 189/190
[note: 47a shallow groove, fair sound; 47b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 48a: The Wicked Daughter [2:34] / The Old Fashioned Cot [2:55]
48a: Gospel ballad sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
48b: Folk ballad sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 69/70
[note: 48a included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 49a: Jesse James [2:57], 06/05/1939
Folk ballad sung and played by May Kennedy McCord, Springfield, MO, June 5, 1939.
Owens 67/68
[note: included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 50a: The Cowboy's Lament [Streets of Laredo] [2:54] / 50b: My Love is a Rider [2:19]
Folk ballads sung and played by unidentified male [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 98/99
[note: 50a included as "Streets of Laredo" in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 51a: Leakin' in the Ole Building [1:43] / 51b: John Wrote the Seven Churches [2:04]
Gospel songs sung by The Silsbee Four, Silsbee, TX [n.d.]
Owens 203/204
[note: 51b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 52a: Mother [1:45] / 52b: Good Ship Zion [2:56]
52a: Gospel song sung by unidentified female with piano accompaniment [n.p.] [n.d.]
52b: Gospel hymn sung by unidentified mixed quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 201/202