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02 Apr 07 - 04:52 PM (#2014694) Subject: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: Dave Ruch The Library of Congress has developed a new website focused on the infamous Lomax (and Ivan Walton) informant Captain Pearl R Nye of Ohio. It's got 75 song samples, manuscripts, etc! I just saw it this afternoon and haven't had much chance to look it over yet, but thought others would like to know. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/nye/index.html |
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03 Apr 07 - 02:26 AM (#2015023) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: Barry Finn Great, thanks Dave Barry |
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03 Apr 07 - 03:50 AM (#2015051) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: georgeward Nice catch Dave! Thanks for posting it. But...infamous ? - George |
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03 Apr 07 - 07:51 AM (#2015165) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: Dave Ruch Well, OK George, so my world is very small....but in that tiny place that I live, yes, he's infamous! Actually, perhaps "controversial" would have been a better word to use. There seem to be strong feelings about him from those I've talked with who are familiar with his singing &/or his story (Dick Swain, Bill Hullfish, Jeff Warner). Anyways, I had a bit more time to use the site last night, and the sound clips are more than just clips - it appears that the LOC has digitized dozens of his songs in their entirety. What a great resource. |
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03 Apr 07 - 01:05 PM (#2015363) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: RoyH (Burl) Dave, well done mate. I'm delighted to have this site bookmarked thanks to you. George Ward......hello George, how are you? Do you remember the time you and I stood watching a plane take off and then realised I should have been on it? Burl. |
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03 Apr 07 - 02:06 PM (#2015414) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: georgeward Remember it, Burl ? Vaughn would never let me forget it! Good to hear from you. Dave, it is a long time since I've read any of Cap'n Pearl, but his songs and tales are perhaps better called "memory art" than "folklore" (although those categories intertwine a lot). Perfectly valid category. One that folkies often make use of (and create). I don't think it was as common a term when Schroeder wrote her essay as it is now. He might have *enjoyed* being infamous. I'm sure he was that to Lomax, and others whose attention he sought. My own favorite Nye song is "Last Trip in the Fall", FWIW. |
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04 Apr 07 - 01:15 AM (#2015853) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: Anglo A _very_ quick trip to the archive revealed a recording of Little Sally Waters, with totally different verses - but the same chorus - as Mick Moloney recently recorded on McNally's Row Of Flats, his collection of the late Victorian songs of Harrigan and Braham. (Can I call them "Victorian" when they were of course all about New York?) Anyway, I wondered if Harrigan took a traditional song and wrote new verses, or Pearl took the Harrigan song and wrote new verses, or maybe - and possibly most likely - each one took an old song and wrote new verses. So Dave, thanks for posting the link. |
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04 Apr 07 - 01:25 AM (#2015860) Subject: RE: Captain Pearl Nye canal songs website From: Anglo Well of course after a little bit of research I find Little Sally Waters, with pretty much the same chorus, is a traditional kid's singing game in Britain and America, so probably lots of people wrote verses for it. Interesting though, none the less. |