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35145
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This is the origin of UNC Chapel Hill’s official song. It is set to the tune of Amici, and was originally sung by a glee club, although many of the lyrics are different now. Several of the verses are included.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957,
p16-18
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35745
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Music from South Turkey Creek is a record that features performances by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and two of his protégés.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 1, May 1977,
p26-27
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Record #:
35160
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A song inspired by the true event of a woman, Lottie Yates, getting murdered by her husband in Kentucky, 1895. Complete with the lyrics and sheet music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958,
p26-28
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Record #:
35129
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A song composed by the author complete with the lyrics and sheet music, based upon a story she had read about in a Raleigh newspaper. It was a story about two young girls fighting over a spool of thread, which turned into a family debacle.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956,
p11-16
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Record #:
35794
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Based on Alan Lomax’s “cantometric analysis” of songs, the author uses that methodology to conduct his own study on Gullah church music on St. Helena’s island.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Nov 1978,
p157-163
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Record #:
35746
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In 1958, Mr. Lunsford donated a collection of books on folklore, recordings of folksongs and ballads, scrapbooks, and other manuscripts in honor of his parents.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 25 Issue 1, May 1977,
p28-29
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Record #:
35028
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A student who went to Chapel Hill for football brought with him a tune from the mountains where he was from; several stanzas from the song are included.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Sept 1954,
p8-9
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Record #:
35903
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Hosted by Ray Greene, a weekly event of old-time music features fiddling, bluegrass, swing, Christian music, and more.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1990,
p43-57
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Record #:
35261
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A woman, Mrs. A. E. Watts, donated a collection of ballads, one of which is included in the article, titled “Song Ballet Rebel Soldier.”
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Nov 1966,
p35-36
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Record #:
35154
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The two songs mentioned in the title are preceded by a short story about a woman that the author had met who sang wonderful folksongs. The two songs recorded were sung by that woman and are titled “My Horses ain’t Hungry,” and “Black Jack Davy.” Each song is accompanied with both the sheet music and lyrics.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 1, July 1958,
p16-19
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Record #:
35898
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A transcription.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 36 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1989,
p37-59
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Record #:
35299
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Known now for his Grammy award winning songs, Doc Watson got his start on a radio show in North Carolina. Through an interview, the author followed through on Doc Watsons musical life. This article includes a discography and a poem about his playing by Ardis Kimzey.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Nov 1969,
p170-174
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Record #:
20923
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Alice Gerrard, now in her 70s, has spent a lifetime documenting, learning about, and performing traditional American music. Not a native of North Carolina, she took up residence here in 1989. However, even before that she had come here countless times to seek out the musicians who had inspired her for decades. Gerrard received a 2010 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for her devoted promotion and advocacy of traditional American music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2010,
p13-18, il, por
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Record #:
16301
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Linn interviews Mrs. Bertie Dickens, an old time banjo player from North Carolina about her musical style, the folk revival, and her devotion to the old tunes and old ways.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Wntr-Spr 1987,
p61-65
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Record #:
35271
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The song “Ginnie’s gone to Ohio” was popular in the area and the author analyzes its origins, variations, and composition. The article is complete with the lyrics and accompanying sheet music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1967,
p30-34
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