Herbert Halpert (1940)

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Various Artists - Herbert Halpert. Bloomington, Indiana. 1941-42.
- 78 Record - Field Recording - Various Informants
  - Bell-bottom Trousers (Bawdy) Time: 1:28
  - Little Piece of Whang (Bawdy) Time: 2:05
  - Frankie and Johnny Time: 6:50
  - Brown's Ferry Blues (fragment) Time: 1:03
  - Eggs and Marrowbones Time: 4:10
  - Weevily Wheat Time: 4:19
  - Story about "churching" Time: 1:37
  - Lead Her Up and Down (play party song) Time: 2:20
  - Grandma's Advice Time: 1:38
  - Old Dan Tucker Time: 2:04
  - Announcement by Collector Time: 0:13
  - Parson Brown (and info about song) - Mrs. Irene Maitlen Time: 3:53
  - Parson Brown (and info about song) - Mrs. Buell Time: 3:39
  - Crawdad Song - Gloria Maitlen Time: 2:37
  - Ninety-nine Years - Gloria Maitlen Time: 1:21
  - Discussion of Parson Brown - Gloria Maitlen Time: 2:07
  - Rabbit Up a Gum Stump - Gloria Maitlen Time: 1:30

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ATL 18639
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Collection title: Indiana, Bloomington. Herbert Halpert, 1941-42.

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18639 EC 10"
656

1 2 03:04 Bell-bottom Trousers (bawdy), learned from English sailor at Quantico, VA. Performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN.

2 .3 02:52 Little Piece of Whang (bawdy) performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN. Performer discusses how he learned the aforementioned song from Negro singer and marijuana peddler in Indianapolis.

3 .4 01:42 Frankie and Johnny performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN.

4 .5 03:58 Continuation of Frankie and Johnny performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN.

5 .6 03:54 Continuation of Frankie and Johnny performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN.

6 .7 01:30 Brown's Ferry Blues (fragment) performed by anonymous male, age 22, Bloomington, IN.

7 .8 05:39 Conversation with 74-year-old Abraham Lincoln Gary of Rushville, IN about his personal information: name, age, where he lived, and how he learned Eggs and Marrowbones; performance of Eggs and Marrowbones by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

8 ,9 05:49 Conversation about religion followed by performance of Weevily Wheat by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

9 .10 02:16 Story about "churching" and the old colonel from Kentucky told by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

10 .11 02:10 Lead Her Up and Down (play party song) performed by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

11 .12 00:58 Conclusion of Lead Her Up and Down.

12 .13 01:39 Grandma's Advice performed by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

13 .14 00:50 Conclusion of Grandma's advice.

14 .15 02:50 Old Dan Tucker performed by Abraham Lincoln Gary.

15 .16 00:37 Announcement by collector; "The following recordings are being made at Indiana University on June 6, 1942."

16 .17 05:14 Mrs. Irene Maitlen discusses how she learned Parson Brown then sings the song.

17 .18 05:01 Mrs. Buell discusses how she learned and performed Parson Brown, then sings remembered portions of the song.

18 .19 03:3 6 Crawdad Song performed by Mrs. Maitlen's daughter, Gloria Maitlen.

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ATL 18639
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ATL no., shelf no./ duration description
track no. item no.

18639 EC 10"
656

19 .20 01:51 Ninety-nine Years performed by Gloria Maitlen.

20 .21 02:54 Gloria Maitlen discusses Parson Brown as learned from her mother.

21 .22 02:14 Rabbit Up a Gum Stump performed by Gloria Maitlen; counting to ten in "Indian" by Gloria Maitlen; story about Indianapolis mayor and
Indians.

End of ATL 18639
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