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

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
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Hambone | Donald Crowder | 2:19 | |
102
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Little Red Rooster | Willie Hamilton | 2:37 | |
103
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Black Cat Bone | Willie Hamilton | 2:50 | |
104
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Barbara Allen | Seena Helms | 3:23 | |
105
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Ground Hog | Seena Helms | 0:45 | |
106
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Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? | Horace Helms and the Shady Grove Partners | 1:25 | |
107
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George Collins | Henry Griffin | 1:59 | |
108
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Dancing Girl | Bascom Traywick and George Griffin | 1:42 | |
109
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Rock-A-My Soul | Taylor Sisters | 1:20 | |
110
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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say | Bishop Bowen and the Combined Gospel Choirs | 4:54 | |
201
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Old Gray Beard A-Flappin' | Otis High | 0:55 | |
202
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Watermelon on the Vine | Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys | 2:48 | |
203
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Hard Times | Seena Helms | 1:25 | |
204
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Roll, Jordan, Roll | Elizabeth Bivens | 2:37 | |
205
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Somebody's Gone (That Was Here Last Year) | Elizabeth Bivens | 1:21 | |
206
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Go Tell It on the Mountain | Elizabeth Bivens | 1:44 | |
207
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Climbing Up the Mountain | Taylor Sisters | 1:14 | |
208
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Taylor Sisters | 2:36 | |
209
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City on a Hill | Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys | 3:05 | |
210
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Amazing Grace | Horace Helms and the Shady Grove Partners | 1:17 | |
211
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Amazing Grace | C.J. Evans Gospel Choir | 4:05 |