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Songs and Ballads of the Bituminous Miners

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Producer

Korson, George Gershon, 1899-1967

Performer

Gartin, G.C.
Barry, Michael F.
Morrison, David
Downer, James T.
Jenks, Orville J.
Lawson, Richard
March, William
Glancy, Joe
Davis, George, 1906-1992
Stanley, Jerrel
Sizemore, George Curly
Turner, Wesley J.
Underwood, William George, 1876-1948
Jones, Uncle George
Johnson, Sam, 1913-2001
Conway, Archie
Evening Breezes Sextet

Collection Creator

Rinzler, Ralph

Collection Citation

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Hard working miner., Blue Monday., Two cent coal., Young lady who married a mule driver., Dying mine brakeman., Coal loading machine., Sprinkle coal dust on my grave., That little lump of coal., Mule skinnin' blues., Harlan County blues., Coal diggin' blues., Coal loadin' blues., Drill man blues., Hignite blues., Payday at the mine., This what the Union done., We done quit., Coal miner's goodbye.

Track Information

101 The Hard Working Miner / G.C. Gartin. 102 Blue Monday / Michael F. Barry. 103 Two-Cent Coal / David Morrison. 104 The Young Lady Who Married a Mule Driver / James T. Downer. 105 The Dying Mine Brakeman / Orville J. Jenks. 106 The Coal Loading Machine / Evening Breezes Sextet. 107 Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave / Orville J. Jenks. 108 That Little Lump of Coal / Richard Lawson, William March. 109 Mule Skinnin' Blues / Joe Glancy. 201 Harlan County Blues / George Davis. 202 Coal Diggin' Blues / Jerrel Stanley. 203 Coal Loadin' Blues / Joe Glancy. 204 Drill Man Blues / George Curly Sizemore. 205 Hignite Blues / Wesley J. Turner. 206 Pay Day at the Mine / Charles Underwood. 207 That's What the Union Done / Uncle George Jones. 208 We Done Quit / Sam Johnson. 209 A Coal Miner's Goodbye / Archie Conway.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5c3afd0a3-b937-4858-b9ac-d957a74ec384

Local Numbers

FP-RINZ-LP-2160 Library of Congress.L60

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress 1965

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note

Recorded in: Man (W. Va.), Purlsglove (W. Va.), Trafford (Ala.), Alabama, Price Hill (W. Va.), Shamrock Mountain (Ky.), Lochgelly (W. Va.), Norton (Va.), Virginia, Glomawr (Ky.), Harlan (Ky.), Kentucky, Kenvir (W. Va.), Welch (W. Va.), Steubenville (Ohio), Ohio, Finlayville (Pa.), New Kensington (Pa.), Pennsylvania, Braeholm (W. Va.), United States, West Virginia.

General

Ballads and fiddle-tunes, in part with guitar. "From the Archive of Folk Song." Editor's notes and texts of the ballads (27 p.) inserted.

Place

West Virginia
United States
Braeholm (W. Va.)
Pennsylvania
New Kensington (Pa.)
Finlayville (Pa.)
Ohio
Steubenville (Ohio)
Welch (W. Va.)
Kenvir (W. Va.)
Kentucky
Harlan (Ky.)
Glomawr (Ky.)
Virginia
Norton (Va.)
Lochgelly (W. Va.)
Shamrock Mountain (Ky.)
Price Hill (W. Va.)
Alabama
Trafford (Ala.)
Purlsglove (W. Va.)
Man (W. Va.)
Vivian (W. Va.)
Pursglove (W. Va.)

Topic

Protest songs
Folk songs -- United States
Coal
Mines and mineral resources

Producer

Korson, George Gershon, 1899-1967

Performer

Gartin, G.C.
Barry, Michael F.
Morrison, David
Downer, James T.
Jenks, Orville J.
Lawson, Richard
March, William
Glancy, Joe
Davis, George, 1906-1992
Stanley, Jerrel
Sizemore, George Curly
Turner, Wesley J.
Underwood, William George, 1876-1948
Jones, Uncle George
Johnson, Sam, 1913-2001
Conway, Archie
Evening Breezes Sextet

Culture

Americans
Anglo-American

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings
Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 9: Audio / Commercial / LPs

Function

Labor unions
Labor unions

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Date

1965

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.RINZ, Item FP-RINZ-LP-2160

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Record ID

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