Annotations for "Herbert Halpert"

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S1576, T86-243 18:06 - 18:06 Alright.
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S1576, T86-243 20:32 - 20:33 Alright. Let's play.
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S1576, T86-243 27:59 - 27:60 Alright.
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S1576, T86-243 32:60 Alright.
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S1576, T86-243 35:48 - 35:50 [inaudible] Now go.
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S1576, T86-243 40:39 Alright sing!
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S1576, T86-243 41:31 - 41:33 Go ahead. Sing it again.
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S1576, T86-243 45:50 How long ago was that?
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S1576, T86-243 45:56 How did you happen to be going around getting songs?
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S1576, T86-243 46:06 What is the song called?
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S1576, T86-243 46:17 Will you try to emphasize, give me the approximate rhythm of the hammer with the stick by hitting it against that?
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S1576, T86-243 48:08 I see you, you seem to be hitting down twice for a hammer. Why is that?
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S1576, T86-243 48:23 Immediately afterwards?
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S1576, T86-243 48:27 I see [strike, strike] and how long is that between the double strikes?
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S1576, T86-243 48:37 And who does the singing?
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S1576, T86-243 48:46 Is this for a whole crew of men?
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S1576, T86-243 48:55 What I'm asking you is if you hear that you only hear the one man singing on a whole section of track.
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S1576, T86-243 49:09 Well now look, uh, the only thing is that you were giving a long piece of singing without the rhythm of the hammer and I want to know approximately how often that comes.
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S1576, T86-243 49:57 What kind of song is it?
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S1576, T86-243 50:51 I'd like you to do that again. But this time, when they have . . . What do they call the irons they use?
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S1576, T86-243 50:57 Alright. The lining bar. When they work but don't you hear the clink of it?
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S1576, T86-243 51:08 They hit against it?
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S1576, T86-243 51:13 Because over in Mississippi, they showed me by hitting the thing. They said that the way that they did it was by several men taking a short hit.
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S1576, T86-243 51:31 Well, now what do they do? Are they pulling it, pulling it --
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S1576, T86-243 51:34 In other words, they have it underneath and they're using the lever to go forward.
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S1576, T86-243 51:40 Alright.
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S1576, T86-243 51:43 About how many are there on a bar?
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S1576, T86-243 51:44 Oh, some time it's about 7 or 8 on at one time.
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S1576, T86-243 51:49 Hmhm. Well, I suppose you try it and you sing it over again.
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S1576, T86-243 51:53 Or chant it.
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S1576, T86-243 52:34 What's it used for?
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S1576, T86-243 54:04 About how long ago?
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S1576, T86-243 56:01 This is again for lining?
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S1576, T86-243 56:03 - 56:06 Now where is the movement?
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S1576, T86-243 56:12 - 56:16 In other words, this song gives them quite a lot of rest in between.
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S1576, T86-243 56:17 - 56:18 And a harder shove?
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S1576, T86-243 56:21 - 56:26 It seems to have had a different effect from the other lining one you gave, I mean that one about Mobile.
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S1576, T86-243 57:19 - 57:22 Well, wait a minute. They pull back . . . and how are they facing in relation to the rail.
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S1576, T86-243 57:25 - 57:28 In other words, they're pulling up on the bar.
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S1576, T86-243 57:33 - 57:36 Well, what do they do? Do they, how do they get it under the bar, the rail?
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S1576, T86-243 57:41 - 57:43 Do they have to look back at it or do they just feel it?
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S1576, T86-243 57:50 - 57:60 Well, uh, you were saying, you were explaining that there's different rhythms that they have. Are there any particular times when a faster on or a slower one would be used?
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S1576, T86-243 58:31 - 58:32 Alright.
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S1576, T86-243 49:34 [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-244 28:57:00 Your name, age?
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S1576, T86-244 29:05:00 And where were you brought up?
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S1576, T86-244 29:16:00 Uh, huh, What do you mean 'voice'? Singing?
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S1576, T86-244 29:19:00 Uh-huh, Alright. But you were brought up, most of your life, you spent right around here?
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S1576, T86-244 29:34:00 - 29:54:00 Alright, now you'll tell the story. Apparently the interest in the story is just to have you talk naturally and at the same time, we'll have the story. So, would you try --
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S1576, T86-244 32:25:00 Can you state your name, your age, and your occupation?
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S1576, T86-244 33:06:00 Now you have one, you have that holler, that uh?
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S1576, T86-244 33:12:00 What, would you explain something about how it was used and when or something like that?
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S1576, T86-244 33:18:00 Go ahead. Tell me something about it.
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S1576, T86-244 35:22:00 How would it sound, suppose someone had just haerd it, what would they hear?
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S1576, T86-244 38:06:00 Will you sing that, will you repeat the point [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-244 38:53:00 What do they do on the song part, I mean.
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S1576, T86-244 38:56:00 They'd be dancing.
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S1576, T86-244 39:01:00 I see. The last part was giving directions. The rest of the time they were dancing.
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S1576, T86-244 39:06:00 What kind of dancing were they doing?
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S1576, T86-244 39:16:00 Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 42:37:00 You did? Well, woud you start in with?
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S1576, T86-244 48:16:00 Now, what kind of motion would they do?
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S1576, T86-244 51:09:00 Now you'll have to talk a little bit louder now on the next game.
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S1576, T86-244 51:21:00 - 51:23:00 Alright. How does it go?
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S1576, T86-244 55:08:00 What would they sing it for?
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S1576, T86-244 56:06:00 - 55:06:00 Yeah, that would be good.
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S1576, T86-244 0:12 - 0:16 Well, is it known, is it a consistent song as you hear it all over?
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S1576, T86-244 0:24 I mean does it have the same choral verses? Does it have 'Mule on the Mount' wherever you hear it?
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S1576, T86-244 0:35 - 0:39 Where did you learn it this particular way?
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S1576, T86-244 0:46 - 0:48 And this is one version you're going to sing?
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S1576, T86-244 0:53 - 0:54 Alright.
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S1576, T86-244 3:39 - 3:47 When you hear that sung, or nearly sung, about how many verses does a man know? He doesn't know as many as you do.
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S1576, T86-244 3:50 - 3:51 Is one of these continuous?
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S1576, T86-244 3:57 [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-244 4:08 - 4:09 What's your name, please?
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S1576, T86-244 4:11 - 4:12 Where do you come from?
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S1576, T86-244 4:16 - 4:17 Where? What part of South Georgia?
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S1576, T86-244 4:18 - 4:19 And how old are you?
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S1576, T86-244 4:21 - 4:23 And what are you going to tell us or?
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S1576, T86-244 4:28 - 4:29 How long ago?
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S1576, T86-244 4:31 - 4:32 A short, a short while back.
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S1576, T86-244 4:35 - 4:38 I mean, how did it, it happened long ago . . . what do you mean by that?
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S1576, T86-244 4:41 - 4:43 Well, how did it go? I mean how did it --
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S1576, T86-244 4:48 - 4:48 Uh-huh
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S1576, T86-244 4:51 - 4:54 The negro told it to him when? I mean did he ever tell you that?
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S1576, T86-244 4:57 - 4:59 I mean the negro had just told him the story?
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S1576, T86-244 5:01 - 5:07 I see. And you don't have any name for it? Is that right?
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S1576, T86-244 5:12 - 5:13 Just, okay, [laughing] go ahead .
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S1576, T86-244 5:16 - 5:19 Well, let's start off with just one. That's the easiest way.
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S1576, T86-244 5:20 - 5:23 Alright. Well, can you tell it or are you going to tell it or read it?
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S1576, T86-244 5:25 - 5:26 Alright. Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 7:27 - 7:33 Now look, suppose you don't read it from there and you just tell me it as a story. Go ahead. You can do it.
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S1576, T86-244 7:33 - 7:33 Alright. Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 7:36 - 7:36 Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 9:11 - 9:17 I think it's better if you explain just how the cards, which way the cards get out or how people are standing there before you go on.
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S1576, T86-244 9:42 Well, what does he do? Is the dealer holding the deck of cards?
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S1576, T86-244 9:49 Alright.
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S1576, T86-244 9:53 He just turns over . . .
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S1576, T86-244 13:29 - 13:34 What, is it sung before the respectable ladies?
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S1576, T86-244 13:42 - 13:44 I thought you heard it from women?
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S1576, T86-244 13:46 - 13:47 Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 15:55 - 15:57 Is there more to it?
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S1576, T86-244 16:06 - 16:08 I think that's a very valuable contribution to scientific recording.
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S1576, T86-244 16:13 Alright.
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S1576, T86-244 16:24 - 16:24 Well, what type of song is it?
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S1576, T86-244 16:59 - 17:03 How do they play it? Would you tell us very quickly?
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S1576, T86-244 17:07 - 17:09 Was it, is it solo dancing?
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S1576, T86-244 17:10 - 17:12 Well, what kind of group is it?
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S1576, T86-244 17:31 - 17:33 Where did you get it
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S1576, T86-244 17:37 - 17:42 Can you tell me, do you know how old a Blues it is? And how you happened to learn it?
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S1576, T86-244 19:56 - 19:57 Who did you hear it from and when?
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S1576, T86-244 21:13 - 21:16 You said you learned it in a crowd. How do you learn most of your songs?
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S1576, T86-244 21:44 - 21:48 Well how about those that you have in your books and publish in the journals?
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S1576, T86-244 23:09 - 23:11 You say that was uh. . . when was that sung?
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S1576, T86-244 23:27 Alright.
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S1576, T86-244 23:49 - 23:51 Where did you pick up the way you sing it?
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S1576, T86-244 26:34 - 26:35 Just play it for me in ballad.
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S1576, T86-244 30:39 - 30:45 Dr. Corse would you please explain why we asked to have this record made?
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S1576, T86-244 31:14 - 31:15 Dr. Corse will you please introduce the speaker?
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S1576, T86-244 32:41 - 32:45 And, uh, you are also a preacher, aren't you, sir? What congregation?
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S1576, T86-244 32:48 - 32:55 Now, uh, this isn't part of your usual, as a missionary Baptist, does your church approve of singing?
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S1576, T86-244 32:57 - 33:01 You're going to help us out with these, however?
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S1576, T86-244 33:46 - 33:50 Let me interrupt you here. Now that, that, what would you call that?
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S1576, T86-244 34:12 - 34:17 Suppose you give the effect of actually being out on the farm?
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S1576, T86-244 35:03 No, no there's another one without words.
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S1576, T86-244 35:52 - 35:54 Where would the two of them be?
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S1576, T86-244 36:15 - 36:17 Would they be near each other? Or? Or?
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S1576, T86-244 36:20 - 36:24 Would you do it again? Was it the same effect between a quarter mile [inaudible] do a quarter mile.
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S1576, T86-244 38:01 - 38:03 Are there more verses to that?
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S1576, T86-244 38:47 - 39:07 Now, Those last directions, were they taught, is that what he called out for them to do?
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S1576, T86-244 40:01 - 40:03 Is that you as a kid? You learned it as a boy?
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S1576, T86-244 42:12 - 42:13 How old are you?
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S1576, T86-244 42:16 - 42:17 And where were you brought up?
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S1576, T86-244 42:20 - 42:22 And what is it, tell us about what you are going to sing?
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S1576, T86-244 42:41 - 42:45 When you were small did you play it with a guitar.
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S1576, T86-244 42:46 You're playing it with a guitar since then. Why are you singing it with a guitar? Can you sing it without?
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S1576, T86-244 42:52 Well, would you try it without?
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S1576, T86-244 42:55 Try it without.
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S1576, T86-244 42:57 - 42:60 That's alright. Don't worry about it. Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-244 43:60 - 44:04 And that's one you used to, you used to play games to that?
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S1576, T86-244 44:12 Explain about that.
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S1576, T86-244 44:25 - 44:28 Well, where was this? Where would you be? You wouldn't be doing it in the church.
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S1576, T86-244 44:29 - 44:30 Just playing.
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S1576, T86-244 44:30 Uh-huh
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S1576, T86-244 46:06 - 46:07 And where were you brought up?
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S1576, T86-244 46:09 - 46:12 And, uh, what are you going to [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-244 46:18 - 46:19 And what was it called?
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S1576, T86-244 46:24 - 46:25 Alright. Sing.
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S1576, T86-244 47:13 - 47:16 How did they play that?
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S1576, T86-244 47:24 Well now, how do you, was there somebody [inaudible].
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S1576, T86-244 47:30 Could you pat the way they did? Take it over again and do the patting.
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S1576, T86-244 47:38 Alright
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S1576, T86-244 47:43 Oh, I see, well sing that and don't do your hands [Inaudible].
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S1576, T86-244 49:44 - 50:04 [Inaudible] Just sitting down is alright. Well no, I want to get it close to you. I'm going to put it around here. Now, you just face in that direction. Talk right out. [Adjusts the microphone].
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S1576, T86-244 50:05 - 50:06 And how old are you?
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S1576, T86-244 50:09 Tell us about this game. Where you learned it.
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S1576, T86-244 50:36 - 50:41 Well, what, how did it go on? What else happened? What happened in the game?
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S1576, T86-244 50:46 - 50:52 As if they were flying like a turkey? How was it played and how did they start off play
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S1576, T86-244 52:22 - 52:23 And where were you brought up?
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S1576, T86-244 52:27 Where did you learn this particular song?
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S1576, T86-244 52:31 - 52:34 How did you learn it?
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S1576, T86-244 52:40 - 52:42 What is this one called?
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S1576, T86-244 52:47 - 52:49 I like that. Alright. Let's hear it.
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S1576, T86-244 55:18 - 55:20 What kind of work were they doing?
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S1576, T86-244 55:24 - 55:31 And these were the mule-skinners who were doing the singing? And what do they do? Sing the song while they were [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-244 55:40 - 55:41 And what is the name of this song?
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S1576, T86-244 55:43 - 55:44 Now how did you happen to learn it?
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S1576, T86-244 55:57 While they were driving spikes. Could you mark off how the hammers would be coming down? Just where they'd be coming, hitting against this.
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S1576, T86-244 56:08 - 56:21 [Banging] Alright. Can you, You can double-drive as long as you don't double-drive on the microphone. Alright. That's fine. Now, uh, and, This is 'John' -- you were telling me that this 'John Henry' wasn't sung the same way always? I mean, they wouldn't begin --
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S1576, T86-244 56:32 - 56:36 Well now tell me, uh, but did they always have the same tune to it?
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S1576, T86-245 26:11 [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-245 27:22 [Inaudible]
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S1576, T86-245 34:45 [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-245 0:00 But, did they always have the same tune to it?
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S1576, T86-245 0:17 Well, good. Well now, let's hear it the way that you remember it.
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S1576, T86-245 0:23 Start from the beginning. Alright.
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S1576, T86-245 1:43 Tell us about this.
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S1576, T86-245 2:14 How was the arrangement, how was the arrangement of the tents?
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S1576, T86-245 2:35 Well, he was the foreman of the job?
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S1576, T86-245 2:39 Uh-huh.
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S1576, T86-245 2:45 Uh-huh. And he just said them like that?
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S1576, T86-245 2:54 [Laughter]. Even if he had no expression, let's hear it again.
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S1576, T86-245 3:22 Tell me when it would be different.
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S1576, T86-245 3:55 Alright. Tell us about it.
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S1576, T86-245 4:04 Alright, when did the feelings come on for this one?
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S1576, T86-245 6:08 Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-245 9:37 What was that song? When did that song come in?
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S1576, T86-245 9:44 Yeah and who would sing it?
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S1576, T86-245 9:48 Well I mean was there any particular reason for singing this song? Was that at the opening of the church door?
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S1576, T86-245 9:56 And this was the song that was used, she would use?
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S1576, T86-245 9:58 Would you sing it over again, please?
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S1576, T86-245 10:35 Well, speaking about what you're getting ready to, Where'd you hear that?
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S1576, T86-245 11:54 Alright
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S1576, T86-245 12:51 You better sing another song of the same kind.
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S1576, T86-245 12:57 Wait [distortion]
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S1576, T86-245 13:04 Go ahead. Next song.
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S1576, T86-245 13:07 This little song is a story. Uh, the young lady thinks that it's time for them to get married. in fact, she thinks they just have to and the boy doesn't want to marry and so this song is about it.
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S1576, T86-245 15:23 Uh, Mr. Pages, Will you tell me where are the people from?
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S1576, T86-245 15:37 Uh, will you, can you, tell me in their performance do they play some of the old songs? The traditional songs?
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S1576, T86-245 15:50 Good. Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-245 16:11 Well, stay there. How long has she known this song?
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S1576, T86-245 16:21 Well, you go up there and ask her. You ask her.
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S1576, T86-245 16:26 Go ahead and ask her.
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S1576, T86-245 16:27 Sure. Go ahead.
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S1576, T86-245 16:48 Explain that to us what she said.
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S1576, T86-245 17:04 Ok, ask her to stay up, go up there and [inaudible] on the piano
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S1576, T86-245 21:10 [inaudible] Explain what that song tells us [inaudible]
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S1576, T86-245 21:51 How is it, how is it accompanied when it is heard in Cuba?
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S1576, T86-245 22:11 And that song is part of the regular [inaudible] around cane?
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S1576, T86-245 22:21 Is it sung in Cuba by the whites or by the negroes?
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S1576, T86-245 22:33 What's that?
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S1576, T86-245 22:46 Thank you, Mr. Pages [distortion].
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S1576, T86-245 23:13 What do you mean by mix the tribes?
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S1576, T86-245 23:29 He doesn't want to have children from the other tribe.
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S1576, T86-245 26:33 Now would you explain, translate what the words of the song are, what the words of the song are about? Roughly.
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S1576, T86-245 26:39 Roughly, just offhand what does it say?
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S1576, T86-245 26:44 If you give me a chance. Would you cut it out? [Distortion]
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S1576, T86-245 26:50 Alright.
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S1576, T86-245 28:53 Can you stand up there and explain, give me names [inaudible]? The manager. Can you give his name?
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S1576, T86-245 29:14 Now, can you tell m, what type of song is it?
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S1576, T86-245 29:28 And, uh, where is it learned and how is such a song learned?
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S1576, T86-245 29:42 Now, can you tell what it's about that song? What does it say?
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S1576, T86-245 30:16 Well, did you get the words from them?
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S1576, T86-245 30:18 Ask them what the words are and you translate.
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S1576, T86-245 31:53 Just tell him, tell him --
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S1576, T86-245 31:59 And Art Pages, a pianist, was giving the announcement.
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S1576, T86-245 34:58 Where did you learn that song?
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S1576, T86-245 35:01 Go ahead and sing it to me.
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S1576, T86-245 35:34 [inaudible] the last lines of that song, Mr. Roberts. Repeat it for me.
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S1576, T86-245 35:44 You said there's something in my . . . there's something in my hammond.
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S1576, T86-245 36:02 What did you mean by that last line?
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S1576, T86-245 38:59 What song are you going to sing next, Mr. Roberts?
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S1576, T86-245 40:21 Will you tell us the riddle that you're talking about, Mr. Roberts?
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S1576, T86-245 40:26 That's right.
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S1576, T86-245 46:14 [Inaudible]
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S1576, T86-245 55:33 He was the one who told you that story?
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S1576, T86-245 55:35 Was he a Puerto Rican?
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S1576, T86-245 55:39 How'd he come to tell it to you?
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S1576, T86-245 55:45 Where were you then?
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S1576, T86-245 56:18 What part of the Bahamas Where were you born, Mr. Roberts? What part of the Bahamas? How far from Nassau?
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S1576, T86-245 56:25 Oh, Abacos.
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S1576, T86-245 56:29 How far from Nassau?
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S1576, T86-245 56:39 go ahead and tell us this riddle, then.
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S1576, T86-245 57:47 What's the answer to the riddle?
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