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Subject: Lyr Req: Harry Smith's Anthology Music Book Site?
From: themutineer
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 06:17 PM

Hello folks,

I am looking for site that I used to visit, but can't currently find.
It contains all of the songs on the great anthology. These are scanned from a long ago song book. Anyone know? Thanks a ton!


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry Smith's Anthology Music Book Si
From: Abby Sale
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 06:30 PM

Direct download (so you don't lose it again) is
http://towerofbabel.com/sections/music/troubadours/anthology/anthology.zip

The site is (now) http://towerofbabel.com and has lots of other fine stuff on it, too.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry Smith's Anthology Music Book Site?
From: themutineer
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 06:37 PM

Thank you very much Abby!


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Subject: Index:Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Jul 06 - 02:42 PM

For the record, this book is titled Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Josh Dunson and Ethel Raim, published by Oak Publications in 1973.
Here's the table of contents:

    5. Preface
    6. Explanation of musical orthography
    7. Guitar and banjo figures
    8. Who chose these records? (an interview with Frank Walker)
    18. the birth and growth of the Anthology of American Folk Music (as told by Moses Asch)
    20. What happened to Volume IV?

    22. Henry Lee
    24. The House Carpenter
    26. Old Lady and the Devil
    28. The Butcher's Boy
    30. The Wagoner's Lad
    32. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
    34. Old Shoes and Leggins
    36. Willie Moore
    38. A Lazy Farmer Boy
    40. Peg and Awl
    42. Ommie Wise
    44. My Name Is John Johanna
    46. Bandit Cole Younger
    48. Charles Giteau
    50. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
    52. Gonna Die With a Hammer in My Hand (John Henry)
    54. Stackalee
    56. White House Blues
    58. Frankie
    60. When the Great Ship Went Down
    62. Engine 143
    64. Kassie Jones
    66. Down on Penny's Farm
    68. Got the Farm Land Blues
    70. Since I Laid My Burden Down
    72. John the Revelator
    74. Little Moses
    76. Shine on Me
    79. The Coo Coo Bird
    80. East Virginia
    82. Sugar Baby
    84. I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
    87. Single Girl, Married Girl
    88. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme
    90. Country Blues
    92. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
    94. Way Down the Old Plank Road
    97. Train on the Island
    98. Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line
    100.Spike Driver Blues
    102.K.C. Moan
    104.The Lone Star Trail
    106.Fishing Blues
    108.Black Jack David
    110.Down on the Banks of the Ohio
    112.Nine Pound Hammer
    114.Hello Stranger
    116.No Depression in Heaven


So, this isn't all the tracks in the 6-CD collection, but it's a good number of them. I wish there were a site that provided all the lyrics to all the songs in the anthology, but I haven't found it yet.


Once again, the download link is:
http://towerofbabel.com/sections/music/troubadours/anthology/anthology.zip

I have to say that the setup is a bit screwey. It's a large ZIP file. When you open it, you'll find one folder (directory), and you have to go through about six layers of folders to get to the files, which are JPG scans of all the pages of the book. what I did was download the ZIP file into a separate folder on my computer. Then, with Windows XP, I right-clicked on the ZIP file and selected "extract all." Then I goet all those layers of folders. Then I opened all the way to the JPG files, selected all of them, and right-clicked and chose "cut." Then I went back to the original folder with the ZIP file, right-clicked and chose "paste." Then all those layers of folders were empty, and I delete them. Clicking on a JPG file (in Windows XP) opens Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which is a great utility for viewing and printing graphics files.

It's tempting to transcribe the whole thing here, with MIDI files. Anybody want to join me in the project?

-Joe Offer-


  • National Public Radio page & recording on the Anthology
  • Harry Smith Archives
  • Smithsonian Folkways page on the Anthology
  • Volume 4 of the Anthology

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    Subject: CD Index: Anthology of American Folk Music
    From: Joe Offer
    Date: 25 Jul 06 - 03:11 PM

    Volume 1 Track List
    Disc 1-A
      1) Henry Lee -- Dick Justice
      2) Fatal Flower Garden -- Nelstone's Hawaiians
      3) The House Carpenter -- Clarence Ashley
      4) Drunkard's Special -- Coley Jones
      5) Old Lady and the Devil -- Bill & Belle Reed
      6) The Butcher's Boy -- Buell Kazee
      7) The Wagoners Lad -- Buell Kazee
      8) King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O -- "Chubby" Parker & His Old time Banjo
      9) Old Shoes And Leggins -- Uncle Eck Dunford
      10) Willie Moore -- Burnett and Rutherford
      11) A Lazy Farmer Boy -- Buster Carter and Preston Young
      12) Peg and Awl -- The Carolina Tar Heels
      13) Ommie Wise -- G.B. Grayson
      14) My Name Is John Johanna -- Kelly Harrell


    Disc 1-B
      15) Bandit Cole Younger -- Edward L. Crain
      16) Charles Giteau -- Kelly Harrel
      17) John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man -- The Carter Family
      18) Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand -- Wiliamson Brothers and Curry
      19) Stackalee -- Frank Hutchison
      20) White House Blues -- Charlie Poole w/ North Carolina Ramblers
      21) Frankie -- Mississippi John Hurt
      22) When Than Great Ship Went Down -- William & Versey Smith
      23) Engine 143 -- The Carter Family
      24) Kassie Jones -- Furry Lewis
      25) Down On Penny's Farm -- The Bently Boys
      26) Mississippi Boweavil Blues -- The Masked Marvel
      27) Got the Farm Land Blues -- The Carolina Tar Heels


    Volume 2: Track List
    Disc 2-A
      28) Sail Away Lady -- "Uncle Bunt" Stephens
      29) The Wild Wagoner -- Jilson Setters
      30) Wake Up Jacob -- Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
      31) La Danseuse -- Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard
      32) Georgia Stomp -- Andrew & Jim Baxter
      33) Brilliancy Medley -- Eck Robertson and Family Real Audio
      34) Indian War Whoop -- Hoyt Ming and his Pep-Steppers
      35) Old Country Stomp -- Henry Thomas
      36) Old Dog Blue -- Jim Jackson
      37) Saut Crapaud -- Columbus Fruge
      38) Acadian One Step -- Joseph Falcon
      39) Home Sweet Home -- The Breaux Freres (Clifford, Ophy, Amedee)
      40) Newport Blues -- The Cincinnati Jug Band
      41) Moonshiner's Dance Part One -- Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra


    Disc 2-B
      42) Must Be Born Again -- Rev. J. M. Gates
      43) Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting -- Rev. J. M. Gates
      44) Rocky Road -- Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
      45) Present Joys -- Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
      46) This Song of Love -- Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1
      47) Judgement -- Sister Mary Nelson
      48) He Got Better Things For You -- Memphis Sanctified Singers
      49) Since I Laid My Burden Down -- Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers
      50) John The Baptist -- Rev. Moses Mason
      51) Dry Bones -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford
      52) John the Revelator -- Blind Willie Johnson
      53) Little Moses -- The Carter Family
      54) Shine On Me -- Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
      55) Fifty Miles of Elbow Room -- Rev. F.W. McGee
      56) I'm In the Battle Field for My Lord -- Rev. D.C. Rice and His Sanctified Congregation


    Volume 3: Track List
    Disc 3-A
      57) The Coo Coo Bird -- Clarence Ashley
      58) East Virginia -- Buell Kazee
      59) Minglewood Blues -- Cannon's Jug Stompers
      60) I Woke Up One Morning In May -- Didier Hebert
      61) James Alley Blues -- Richard "Rabbit" Brown
      62) Sugar Baby -- Dock Boggs
      63) I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford
      64) Mountaineer's Courtship -- Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
      65) The Spanish Merchant's Daughter -- The Stoneman Family
      66) Bob Lee Junior Blues -- The Memphis Jug Band
      67) Single Girl, Married Girl -- The Carter Family
      68) Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme -- Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon
      69) Rabbit Foot Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson
      70) Expressman Blues -- Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell


    Disc 3-B
      71) Poor Boy Blues -- Ramblin' Thomas
      72) Feather Bed -- Cannon's Jug Stompers
      73) Country Blues -- Dock Boggs
      74) 99 Year Blues -- Julius Daniels
      75) Prison Cell Blues -- Blind Lemon Jefferson
      76) See That My Grave Is Kept Clean -- Blind Lemon Jefferson
      77) C'est Si Triste Sans Lui-- Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon
      78) Way Down The Old Plank Road -- Uncle Dave Macon
      79) Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line -- Uncle Dave Macon
      80) Spike Driver Blues -- Mississippi John Hurt
      81) K.C. Moan -- The Memphis Jug Band
      82) Train On The Island -- J.P. Nestor
      83) The Lone Star Trail -- Ken Manyard
      84) Fishing Blues -- Henry Thomas




    Volume 4: Track List (Revenant Records)

    Disc 1
      1. Memphis Shakedown, (Memphis Jug Band)
      2. Dog and Gun (An Old English Ballad), (Bradley Kincaid)
      3. Black Jack David, (The Carter Family)
      4. Down on the Banks of the Ohio, (Blue Sky Boys)
      5. Adieu False Heart, (Arthur Smith Trio)
      6. John Henry was a Little Boy, (J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers)
      7. Nine Pound Hammer is Too Heavy, (Monroe Brothers)
      8. Southern Casey Jones, (Jesse James)
      9. Cold Iron Bed, (Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band)
      10. Packin' Trunk, (Lead Belly)
      11. Baby Please Don't Go, (Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers)
      12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down, (Robert Johnson)
      13. Parchman Farm Blues, (Bukka White)
      14. Mean Old World, (Heavenly Gospel Singers)


    Disc 2
      1. Hello Stranger, (The Carter Family)
      2. Stand By Me, (Sister Clara Hudmon)
      3. West Virginia Gals, (Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters)
      4. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?, (Blind Alfred Reed)
      5. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train, (Uncle Dave Macon)
      6. Governor Al Smith, (Uncle Dave Macon)
      7. Milk Cow Blues, (John Estes)
      8. No Depression in Heaven, (The Carter Family)
      9. I'll be Rested (When the Roll is Called), (Rosevelt Graves and Brother)
      10. He's in the Ring (Doing the Same Old Thing), (Memphis Minnie)
      11. The Cockeyed World, (Minnie Wallace)
      12. Barbecue Bust, (Mississippi Jook Band)
      13. Dans le Grand Bois (In the Forest), (Hackberry Ramblers)
      14. Aces' Breakdown, (The Four Aces)


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