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Ring Games: Line Games and Play Party Songs of Alabama

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Ring Games: Line Games and Play Party Songs of Alabama
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"Miss Mary Mack" may once have been one of the most universally sung children’s songs in the United States, but many of the other wonderful tunes in this collection remained local. The ring songs, line games and party songs were recorded in rural Alabama before desegregation.

Track Listing

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Mary Mack Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 1:58
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102
Bob a Needle Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 0:53
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103
Watch That Lady Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 1:17
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104
Old Lady Sally Wants to Jump Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 0:48
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105
Loop de Loo Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 1:43
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106
Green Green Rocky Road Lilly's Chapel School (Ala.) 1:30
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201
Rosie Darling Rosie Brown's Chapel School 1:35
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202
I Must See (Amasee) Brown's Chapel School 1:33
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203
Bluebird Pilgrim Church School (Ala.) 1:11
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204
May Go 'Round the Needle East York School (Ala.) 2:34
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205
Stooping on the Window East York School (Ala.) 1:08
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206
Charlie Over the Ocean East York School (Ala.) 0:59

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW07004, FC 7004

Year(s) Released

1953

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

African American Music; American Folk; Children's

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Harold Courlander - Recorder, Producer, Photographer
 Emma Courlander - Photographer
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