American Play Parties
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-10RR-3002
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: New York, United States.
label: General
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.

CDR copy
name: label: Performer
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
label: Producer
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
label: Topic
content: Banjo
label: Topic
content: Play-party
creator: label: Performer
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
label: Producer
content: Asch, Moses
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 10 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-10RR-3002
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Susan Brown--Pig in the parlor--Shoo fly--I want to be a farmer--Three old maids--Round and round--Pop goes the weasel--Goodbye Liza Jane--Old Dan Tucker
label: Track Information
content: 104 I Want to Be a Farmer (frag.) / Banjo.

101 Susan Brown / Banjo.

102 Pig in the Parlor / Banjo.

103 Shoo Fly / Banjo.

105 Three Old Maids / Banjo.

106 Round and Round / Banjo.

107 Pop Goes the Weasel / Banjo.

108 Goodbye, Liza Jane / Banjo.

109 Old Dan Tucker / Banjo.