American Play Parties [sound recording]
name: label: Creator
content: Seeger, Pete 1919-2014
label: performer
content: Eisenberg, Larry
label: Creator
content: Seeger, Mika
notes: label: Notes
content: Folkways 7604
label: Notes
content: Historically, in rural America, dancing by young people was frowned upon by their elders, whereas children's games were permitted. Therefore, young people, eager to interact and dance, employed the expedient of substituting children's games for dancing, adapting the games, referred to as play parties, to their needs. Sometimes the end result was similar to the forbidden dancing, but without instrumental accompaniment. On this recording, Pete Seeger and his young daughter Mika, joined by Rev. Larry Eisenberg, sing traditional play parties, which they obtained primarily from the collections of Lynn and Katherine Rohrbough. In accordance with traditional practice, the play parties are sung without accompaniment, save for handclapping. The liner notes, written by Pete Seeger, discuss the history, development and characteristics of play parties, and provide the lyrics.
label: Notes
content: CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
label: Notes
content: Eisenberg, Larry - "Play Parties" - late 1950s - Mono - 7.5 ips Eisenberg later released these songs accompanied by Pete and Mika Seeger as "American Play Parties" on Folkways Records in 1959 (FW07604 / FC 7604).
label: Table of contents
content: Swing on the corner--I want to be a farmer--Great big house in New Orleans--Two in the middle and you can't jump Josie
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Children's songs
label: Topic
content: Play-party
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1070
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in