Folk Songs of the Catskills (New York)
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1164
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: United States, New York.
label: General
content: Folkways 5311

Stretching across western New York State from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, the picturesque Catskills have a long rich history and have also been known for their rich folksong tradition. Barbara Moncure, although an Ohio native, spent many of her summers in the Catskills, collecting folk songs from bearers of the folk tradition. The songs she sings were learned from persons whose identities and life histories are delineated in the liner notes. Harry Siemsen, a Catskills resident who learned his songs from oral tradition, engaged in a variety of professions and was the official historian for the Town of Kingston. He sings two songs on the album as solos, and he and Barbara join forces in singing three lighthearted dialog songs.

CDR copy
name: label: Artist
content: Moncure, Barbara
label: Performer
content: Moncure, Barbara
label: Artist
content: Siemsen, Harry, 1898-1975
label: Performer
content: Siemsen, Harry, 1898-1975
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- New York
label: Topic
content: Guitar
creator: label: Artist
content: Moncure, Barbara
label: Performer
content: Moncure, Barbara
label: Artist
content: Siemsen, Harry, 1898-1975
label: Performer
content: Siemsen, Harry, 1898-1975
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / Commercial / Folkways Recordings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1164
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: My Good Looking Man--Bluestone quarries--Foggy dew--Simple Little Nancy Brown--Spotted cow--Froh he would a wooing go--Jennie Jenkins--Grumbling driver--Lexington murder--Madam, I have gold and silver--Quaker's courtship--D & H canal song--Grey goose--Delhi jail--Noah's ark--Soldier, oh soldier won't you marry me