Almeda Riddle Songbook Index

Subject: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: Kevin L Rietmann
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 02:30 PM

My copy doesn't have an index so I made one.
Enjoy!

Al Bowen                         - 81
Allen Bain                        - 100

Barbara Allen                        - 87
Black Jack Davey                - 26
Blind Child's Prayer                - 53
Boys in Blue, The                - 18

Broke-Down Brakeman, The        - 62
Brother Green                         - 38
Brisk Young Farmer                - 29
China Doll                        - 47
Custer's Last Fierce Charge        - 69

Don't Go Out Tonight                - 103
Drowned Boy, The                - 129
Dying Ranger, The                - 31

Four Marys                        - 133
Froggie Went A-Courting                - 44

Go Tell Aunt Nancy                - 118

Hangman on the Gallows Tree        - 110
House Carpenter's Wife                 - 7
How Tedious and Tasteless        - 112

Jesse James                         - 11

Kitty Wells                        - 57

La La La Chick a La Le-O        - 42
Lady Margaret and Lord William        - 138
Little Jim                        - 105
Little Lady Gay                        - 114
Litttle Lonie                         - 56
Lone Pilgrim, The                - 92
Long Lost Love, A                - 74

Man of Constant Sorrow                - 35
Mandy                                - 98
Merrimac at Sea                       - 83
Merry Willow Tree                - 143
My Old Cottage Home                - 16

Nightingale Song, The                - 23
Nishi                                - 51
No Telephone in Heaven                - 108

Old Churchyard, The                - 90
Orphan Girl, The                - 96
Oxford Girl, The                - 65

Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow        - 124
Restless Night, A                - 85
Rome County                        - 37

Soldier of the Legion, A        - 72
Storm of Heber Springs, The         - 21

Ten Thousand Miles Away               - 41
Texas Rangers                        - 14
Tom Sherman's Ballroom               - 76

Wayfairing Stranger, The        - 94
When the Work's All Done         - 78

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: GUEST,Mary Katherine
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 03:01 PM

Terrific work!
For clarity's sake, could you just let us know what book this is? Title, author? Thanks!

Subject: Index: Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 03:07 PM

Hi, Kevin - I find this book very confusing, and your index is a big help. Appendix III is called "Contents of the Ballet Book," but it doesn't seem to relate to the Singer & Her Songs book. I suppose I'd have to read the whole darn book to figure out what's meant by the "Ballet Book." Some day, I will.

The book Kevin has indexed is A Singer and Her Songs: Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads (edited by Roger D. Abrahams, Louisiana State University Press, 1970).

This search (click) of the Roud Index should also serve as a pretty good index of the book.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: Kevin L Rietmann
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 04:26 PM

Roger Abrahams, the editor of the book, explains that when Almeda was young they pronounced "ballet" as written, but she now pronounces it the same as "ballad." In the book it means a written text of a song, as opposed to the sung ballad. I think the Ballet Book was something she compiled - but it only has about 40 numbers in it, she knew hundreds of songs, and certainly could've written them all down.
Wonderful book! Her reminences are fascinating stuff. I see you can get a copy for about $15 at a variety of used dealers - Amazon, Abebooks, Albiris.

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 08:16 PM

Could someone post the words to her song Ten Thousand Miles Away?

Thanks

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 08:47 PM

Hi - I'll post Riddle's version in this thread (click).
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 09:15 PM

Thanks for the Index.

As a convenience, here are the songs sung by Almeda Riddle on the Max Hunter website.
http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/indexsinger.aspx

Barbra Allen
Down in the Willow Garden
The Drown'd Boy
Fair Willie Drowned in Yarrow
Four Marys
Heber Springs Tornado
Jesse James
Lady Gay
Lady Margaret
The Merrymac at Sea
Orphant Child
Romish Lady

Subject: RE: Almeda Riddle Book Song Index
From: Kevin L Rietmann
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 09:53 AM

And here is the link to the
Wolf Folklore Collection.