Box

Disks 131-156

• 1937-1942 (Creation)

26 items

This box contains the following items:

Disk 131a: Bjorling - Strauss [1:55] / 131b: Hymn ["God of our Fathers"] [2:53]
131a: Operatic aria sung by [Jussi] Bjorling [dub from commercial recording]
131b: Hymn sung by unidentified choir [dub from commercial recording]

Disk 132a: "A Soldier"; "The Runaway" [2:04] / 132b: "The Runaway"; "An Old Man's Winter Night" [2:54]
Note (in William Owens' hand) "Robert Frost recorded these for me at Iowa City, Iowa, in the summer of 1939. He thought at the time that they were the best readings he had recorded. I part with them reluctantly. Treat them well. There will be no more like them."

Disk 133a: "Desert Places"; "A Leaf Treader" [2:04] / 133b: ["The Runaway"; "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"] [1:42]
Note (in William Owens' hand) "Robert Frost recorded these for me at Iowa City, Iowa, in the summer of 1939. He thought at the time that they were the best readings he had recorded. I part with them reluctantly. Treat them well. There will be no more like them."

Disk 134a: Dis Sem Hodil Dosoli [0:36]; The Death of a Lover [2:00] / 134b: Nat Žačovu je Hayck [A Song Sung at a Wedding] [2:47]
Czech folk songs sung by Ethel Jecmenek of Rosebud, TX [1940]
Owens 274/275
[note: songs included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 135a: Black Girl Blues [2:46] / My Million Dollar Baby [2:51]
Blues songs played on piano and sung by Grey Ghost [R.T. Williams] in Navasota, TX [1940]
Owens 267/268

Disk 136a: Rainy Day [2:52] / 136b: Louise [2:53]
Blues songs played on piano and sung by Grey Ghost [R.T. Williams] in Smithville, TX [1941]
Owens 252/254
[note: 136b mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 137a: My Nights are Lonesome [2:57] / 137b: My Nights are Lonesome [2:54]
Blues songs played on piano and sung by Grey Ghost [R.T. Williams] in Smithville, TX [1941]
Owens 261/262

Disk 138a: Ain't You Sorry [2:52] / 138b: Shine on Harvest Moon [2:28]
Blues songs played on piano and sung by Grey Ghost [R.T. Williams] in Navasota, TX [1940]
Owens 265/266
[note: 138b mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 139a: Once I Had a Little Sweetheart [1:51] / 139b: Two Little Children [Two Orphans] [2:54]
Folk songs sung by unidentified females [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 27/28

Disk 140a: Play Party Tune [2:55] / 140b: Fifty Cents [2:54]
Blues music played on piano and sung by unidentified male [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 41/42
[notes: disk badly scratched and sound distorted]

Disk 141a: El Corrido de Cananea [2:47] / 141b: La Borrachita [1:39]
Mexican folk songs of the Revolution played by Brownie McNeill at Austin, TX, February 18th, 1938 [1939?].
Owens 272/273

Disk 142a: Alla en el Rancho Grande [1:59], 10/21/1939
Mexican folk song performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, October 21, 1939.
Owens 271

Disk 143a: Jesus is Mine [2:03] / 143b-1: Mrs. Neutra [unidentified Swiss folk song] [1:37]; 143b-2: [unidentified song] [0:50]
143a: Gospel hymn sung by unidentified choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
143b: Swiss folk song and unidentified Mexican folk song sung by Mrs. Richard (Yvonne) Neutra at home of William Owens, College Station, TX, 1942. [Richard] Neutra here as consulting architect.
Owens 160/170

Disk 144a: The Death of a Lover [Slunecko Sviti] [part 1] [2:51] / 144b: [The Death of a Lover [Slunecko Sviti]] [part 2] [0:37]; My Old Daddy-in-Law [0:24]; Sailor Boy [1:12]
144a: Czech folk song sung by Ethel Jecmenek of Rosebud, TX [1940]
144b: Czech folk song sung by Ethel Jecmenek of Rosebud, TX [1940]; Folk songs sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 278/279
[note: 144a included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 145a-1: The Fair Maid [1:16]; 145a-2: Bye Bye My Darlin [1:00] / 145b: I Have a Father [1:02]
145a: Folk songs sung by unidentified females [n.p.] [n.d.]
145b: Gospel song sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 19/20/21

Disk 146a: [unidentified Czech song] [1:28] / 146b: [Louka zelena] [1:04]
146a: Czech folk song sung by [Ethel Jecmenek] of Rosebud, TX {1940]
146b: Czech folk song sung by [Ethel Jecmenek] and unidentified females, Rosebud, TX [1940]
Owens 276/277
[note: 146b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 147a: Too Late [2:36] / 147b: Soldier, Soldier [2:45], 03/04/1939
147a: Folk song performed by Clay Cochran of Amarillo, TX, March 4, 1939
147b: Folk song performed by Abe Melton of Austin, TX, March 4, 1939.
Owens 40
[note: 147b included in "Texas Folk Songs"]

Disk 148a-1: [Banks of Cloddie [part 2] [0:27]; 148a-2: I Wish to my Lord I Was Single Again [0:57] / 148b: Banks of Cloddie [part 1] [2:41], 06/05/1939
148a: Folk ballad sung by Mrs. DeNoon; Folk ballad sung by [Colonel DeNoon] Springfield, MO, June, 5, 1939.
148b: Folk ballad sung by Mrs. DeNoon, Springfield, MO, June 5th, 1939
Owens 22/23
[note: songs included in "Texas Folk Songs"]

Disk 149a: The Arkansas Traveler [2:11] / 149b: Hell Among the Yearlings [2:17], 02/18/1939
Fiddle tunes played by J.A. "Uncle Jack" Mears, fiddle, V. Teller, guitar, and J. D. Dillingham, banjo, Austin, TX, February 18, 1939.
Owens 300/301
[note: tunes mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 150a: When I Lay My Burden Down [1:10] / 150b: A Mother Loves Her Children [2:53]
150a: Gospel song sung by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
150b: Gospel song performed by unidentified mixed quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 142/143

Disk 151a: Old Time Religion [2:00] / 151b: Leadin' Me On [Precious Lord, Lead Me On] [2:56]
151a: Gospel hymn performed by North New Hope Baptist Church choir, Franklin, TX [1938]
151b: Gospel hymn performed by North New Hope Baptist Church quartet, Franklin, TX [1938]
Owens 103/104
[2:56] [note: 151b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 152a: Pompey Smash and Davy Crockett [part 1] [2:06] / 152b-1: Pompey Smash and Davy Crockett [part 2] [1:55]; 152b-2: [Mr. Jeffus giving recording location] [0:17]
Folk ballad performed by Lemuel Jeffus of Neville's Prairie near Weldon, TX. Recorded at home of Lona Yeager in Crockett, TX [n.d.]
Owens 29 a b
[note: included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 153a: Bohunker [and Kychunker] [2:31] / 153b: Hurrah for Arkansas [2:29]
Folk songs sung by Mrs. Lizzie Mathis of Lexington, OK. She learned them in Lamar County, TX shortly after the Civil War. [n.d.]
Owens 77/78
[note: songs included in "Texas Folk Songs"]

Disk 154a: My Shanghai Rooster [1:35] / 154b: Home Sweet Home [2:38]
154a: Folk song performed by unidentified string band [n.p.] [n.d.]
154b: Folk song sung by unidentified male and female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 63/64

Disk 155a: Utah Carroll [part 1] [2:47] / 155b: Utah Carroll [part 2] [2:13]
Cowboy folk song performed by Daniel Jeffus of Lovelady, TX, [1938]
Owens 92
[note: tracks are sides are reversed on CD tracks; included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]

Disk 156a: Cowboy Jack [part 1] [1:40] / 156b: Cowboy Jack [part 2] [2:19]
Cowboy folk song performed by Daniel Jeffus of Lovelady, TX [1938]
Owens 94
[note: included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song...."]