American Play Parties- extra [sound recording]
name: label: performer
content: Seeger, Pete 1919-2014
notes: 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- Disc 437
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: New York, United States.
label: Table of contents
content: Jingle of the window--Old Doc Jones was a fine old man-Come my love and go wih me--Skip to my Lou--Happy is the miller--Sissy is in the barn--Ha-Ha this a-way
label: Track information
content: 101 Jingle of the Window Banjo
label: Track information
content: 102 Old Doc Jones Was a Fine Old Man / Banjo
label: Track information
content: 103 Come My Love and Go with Me / Banjo
label: Track information
content: 104 Skip to My Lou / Banjo
label: Track information
content: 105 Happy is the Miller / Banjo
label: Track information
content: 106 Sissy is in the Barn / Banjo
label: Track information
content: 107 Ha Ha This A-Way / Banjo
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
label: Place
content: New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Banjo
label: Topic
content: Play-party
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
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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-10RR-3441
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 ; 10 in