Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 2: Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina

The second of two recordings in the Hand Me Down Music series, this collection of traditional folk music is performed by local North Carolina musicians and singers who learned the songs and lyrics from previous generations. The collection includes both secular and religious songs—and one song, “Amazing Grace,” Sung both ways. The first version is performed by Horace Helms and Shady Grove Partners as a brief bluegrass rendition, and the second by the CJ Evans Gospel Choir from the Nice Grove Baptist Church as a hymn.

Track Listing

101	Hambone Donald Crowder	02:19
102	Little Red Rooster Willie Hamilton	02:37
103	Black Cat Bone Willie Hamilton	02:50
104	Barbara Allen Seena Helms	03:23
105	Ground Hog Seena Helms	00:45
106	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? Horace Helms and Shady Grove Partners	01:25
107	George Collins Henry Griffin	01:59
108	Dancing Girl Bascom Traywick and George Griffin	01:42
109	Rock-A-My Soul Taylor Sisters	01:20
110	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Bishop Bowen and Combined Gospel Choirs	04:54
201	Old Gray Beard A-Flappin' Otis High	00:55
202	Watermelon on the Vine Roy Pope and Carolina Homeboys	02:48
203	Hard Times Seena Helms	01:25
204	Roll, Jordan, Roll Elizabeth Bivens	02:37
205	Somebody's Gone (That Was Here Last Year) Elizabeth Bivens	01:21
206	Go Tell It on the Mountain Elizabeth Bivens	01:44
207	Climbing up the Mountain Taylor Sisters	01:14
208	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Taylor Sisters	02:36
209	City on a Hill Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys	03:05
210	Amazing Grace (1) Horace Helms and Shady Grove Partners	01:17
211	Amazing Grace (2) C.J. Evans Gospel Choir of Nicey Grove Baptist Church	04:05