This box contains the following items:
Disk 157a: Trail to Mexico [part 1] [2:37] / 157b: Trail to Mexico [part 2] [0:59], 10/21/1939
Cowboy folk song performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, October, 21, 1939.
Owens 83
[note: sides are reversed on CD tracks]
Disk 158a: The Santa Fe Trail [2:55] / 158b: The Buffalo Skinners [2:03], 02/18/1939
Cowboy folk songs performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, February, 18, 1939.
Owens 95/96
[note: 158b mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 159a: Roy Bean [part 1] [2:56] / 159b: Roy Bean [part 2] [0:48], 12/02/1939
Folk song performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, December 2, 1939.
Owens 24
Disk 160a: Great Grandad [2:13] / 160b: The Old Chisholm Trail [2:28], 10/21/1939
Folk songs performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, October 21st, 1939.
Owens 86/87
[note: 160a begins with false start of "The Old Chisholm Trail']
Disk 161a: Daniel Saw the Stone [2:26] / 161b: Oh Tais Toi [1:37]
161a: Gospel song performed by unidentified male quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
161b: French folk song performed by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 227/228
[note: 161a mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 162a: Jealous Lover [part 1] [2:46] / 162b-1: Jealous Lover [part 2] [0:37]; 162b-2: The Colored Man's Lament [0:53], 03/04/1939
162a: Folk ballad sung by Opal Patton, Leesville, TX, March 4th, 1939.
162b: Folk ballad sung by Opal Patton, Leesville, TX, March 4th, 1939; Folk song performed by Abe Melton, Appleby, TX, March 4th, 1939.
Owens 65/66
[note: sides switched on CD]
Disk 163a: Las Cuatro Milpas [2:01] / 163b-1: Adalita [0:57]; 163b-2El Petate [1:05], 02/19/1939
Mexican folk songs performed by Brownie McNeill, Austin, TX, February, 19, 1939.
Owens 269/270
Disk 164a: Mockingbird [Listen to the Mockingbird] [2:51] / 164b: Cripple Creek [2:52]
Fiddle tunes played by Sam Welch [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 296/297
Disk 165a: William Hall [Brisk Young Farmer] [part 1] [2:53] / 165b-1: William Hall [Brisk Young Farmer] [part 2] [0:20]; 165b-2: Hebrew Children [2:19]
Folk ballad and hymn sung by Lilly Williams [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 5/6
[note: sides reversed on CD; 165a included in "Texas Folk Songs"]
Disk 166a: When I Can Read My Title Clear [2:49] / 166b: Introduction [1:53]
166a: Gospel hymn sung by unidentified church choir at Franklin, TX, [1938]
166b: Spoken message from unidentified pastor of church at Franklin, TX [1938]
Owens 192/193
[note: included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 167a: Watermelon [1:25] / 167b: Oh Mona [1:22]
167a: Song sung by Tom Ballentine near Beaumont, TX [n.d.]
167b: Song sung by Ernest M. Horse [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 199/200
Disk 168a: The Right Chuch (But the Wrong Pew) [2:00] / 168b: Driften Apart [Drifting Further from Me] [2:25]
Songs sung by Tom Ballentine [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 187/188
Disk 169a: Boogie Woogie [2:30] / 169b: The Sun is Sinking Down [2:29]
169a: Piano music played by [Grey Ghost (R. T. Williams)] [n.p.] [n.d.]
169b: Blues song sung and played by [Grey Ghost (R. T. Williams)] [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 257/258
Disk 170a: I Cried All Night [2:53] / 170b: Call the Number [of the Train I Ride] [2:51]
Blues songs sung by Popeye Johnson and played by [Grey Ghost (R. T. Williams)] , Navasota, TX 1940.
Owens 263/264
[note: songs included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 171a: The Good Ship Zion [2:59]
Gospel hymn sung by [North New Hope Baptist Church] choir, Franklin, TX [1938]
Owens 121
[note: included as "Ship 'o Zion" in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 172a: Toiling [2:52] / 172b: One Day Too Late [1:56]
Gospel songs performed by The Uplifted Four quartet, Calvert, TX, [1938]
Owens 119/120
[note: 172a included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 173a: Standing in the Need of Prayer [1:54] / 173b: Oh Mary, Don't You Weep [2:47]
Gospel hymns sung by Mary Riley and choir, Franklin, TX [1938]
Owens 116/117
[note: 173b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 174a: God is Calling [When the Gates Swing Open] [2:54] / 174b: Wade in the Water [1:38]
174a: Gospel hymn sung by unidentified male [First Baptist Church, Colored] [Silsbee, TX] [1938]
174b: Gospel hymn sung by Ella Prescott and First Baptist Chuch, Colored choir, Silsbee, TX [1938]
Owens 114/115
[note: 174b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 175a: Lead Me On [Precious Lord] [2:59]
Gospel hymn sung by North New Hope Baptist Church choir at Franklin, TX, 1938.
Owens 108
[note: included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..." as "Precious Lawd."]
Disk 176a: You Ought to Saw My Lord [2:05] / 176b: I'm Looking for that Man [1:46]
Gospel hymns sung by unidentified male quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 140/141
Disk 177a: Rye Whiskey [The Rebel Soldier] [part 1] [2:41] / 177b-1: Na Na Se Alei [Na Nasej Aleji] [1:08]; 177b-2: Rye Whiskey [The Rebel Soldier] [part 2] [0:46]
177a: Folk ballad performed by Clay Cochran of Amarillo, TX [n.d.]
177b: Czech folk song performed by unidentified females, [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 280/281
[note: 177a included in "Texas Folk Songs"; 177b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 178a: I'm Watching Every Devil [2:44] / 178b: Hitler Blues [2:51]
Piano blues songs performed by Grey Ghost [R. T. Williams] at [Smithville, TX] [1941]
Owens 255/256
[note: 178b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 179a: There's a Big White Robe [1:42] / 179b: I Can't Stay Away [1:43]
Gospel songs performed by unidentified female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 122/123
[note: 179a mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 180a: Make a Change [1:26] / 180b: When the Saints [Go Marching In] [1:47]
180a: Gospel song performed by unidentified male and female [n.p.] [n.d.]
180b: Gospel song performed by unidentified pianist, female singer, and audience at honky-tonk near Washington-on-Brazos, TX [n.d.]
Owens 124/125
[note: 180b mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 181a: He's Everything to Me [2:32] / 181b: You've Got To Move [2:17]
181a: Gospel song performed by unidentified choir [n.p.] [n.d.]
181b: Gospel song performed by unidentified children [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 126/127
Disk 182a: The Blood Done Signed My Name [2:17] / Climbing Jacob's Ladder [1:44]
Gospel hymns performed at African Methodist Episcopal Church, Calvert, TX [1939]
[note: songs in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Owens 128/129