| Description |
1 audio disc (36 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Playing Time |
003600 |
| Series |
African American legacy recordings |
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African American legacy recordings series.
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| Performer |
Ella Jenkins. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes and lyrics on container insert (26 p. ; col. ill.). |
| Summary |
Children's music legend and the first lady of children's folk song, Ella Jenkins offers stories and songs that speak to her youthful years as an African-American child in a multicultural world. |
| Contents |
Pick a bale of cotton -- One two three O'Leary -- Calling a square dance -- Black royalty -- Little Sally Walker -- Cotton-eyed Joe -- I want to be ready -- He's got the whole world in his hands -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham -- Standing in the need of prayer -- Amazing grace -- Somebody's talking about freedom -- Sadie complete -- Uncle Flood and the blues -- Milk cow blues -- Summertime -- The cuckoo -- The farmer in the dell -- This is your year, children -- I'm on my way to Canaan land. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Songs.
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Children's songs -- Juvenile sound recordings.
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| Standard No. |
093074506721 |
| Music No. |
SFW-CD-45067 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
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