Various Artists - Negro Alabama 6: Ring / Various [CD] USA import

Folkways Records

Various Artists - Negro Alabama 6: Ring / Various [CD]

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Negro Alabama 6: Ring / Various

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2012

Label: Folkways Records

UPC: 093070447424

Genre: African, Children's

Album Tracks

1. Mary Mack
2. Bob a Needle
3. Watch That Lady
4. Old Lady Sally Wants to Jump
5. Loop de Loop
6. Green Green Rocky Road
7. Rosie Darling Rosie
8. I Must See
9. Bluebird Bluebird
10. May Go 'Round the Needle
11. Stooping on the Window
12. Charlie Over the Ocean
13. Session with Celina Lewis, (A)Catch That Squirrel, (B)Sangar Ee, (C) Whoa Mule, Can't Get the Saddle on,
14. Water on the Wheel
15. Go Pray Ye
16. Captain Holler Hurry
17. John Henry
18. Going to Have a Talk with the Chief of Police
19. Meet Me in the Bottoms
20. When the Role Is Called in Heaven
21. I Moaned and I Moaned
22. I'm Standing in a Safety Zone

American folklorist Harold Courlander compiled this series (Negro Folk Music of Alabama) from recordings he made in rural Alabama in 1950. The album is an attempt to counter the stereotypes of Black music that were popular in America during the middle of the 20th century. This sixth volume begins with ring and line games which were recorded at various rural Alabama schools. Ring games are played with children standing in a circle, often holding hands; the leader stands outside the circle performing some action. To get the idea, imagine "Duck, Duck, Goose." (The identical ring game recordings are found on FW07004.) They are followed by miscellaneous children's songs, work songs, Blues, Hymns, and relatively modern Gospel songs. Liner notes written by Harold Courlander include directions on how to play various ring games.