Title: John F. Smith Traditional Music Collection, 1915-1940
Primary Creator: Smith, John F. -- 1878-1940
Extent: 1.2 Linear Feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in three series:
1. Ballad and Song Texts
2. Tune Transcription Notebooks
3. Fiddle and Banjo Tunes, Musical Events, Instruments, and Games
Date Acquired: 01/01/1940
Subjects: Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs., Appalachian Region., Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region., Banjo music -- Kentucky., Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Normal School, Berea College -- Faculty, Fiddle tunes -- Appalachian Region., Fiddle tunes -- Kentucky., Fiddle tunes., Folk music -- Appalachian Region., Kentucky -- Social life and customs., Shape-note singing
Forms of Material: Folk dancing -- Kentucky.
Languages: English
John F. Smith taught in the Berea College Normal School. As part of his Composition and Rhetoric course, Smith asked students to write down the names of banjo and fiddle songs and tunes known to them in their home districts of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. The results are a large, varied body of material that includes ballads, songs, fiddle and banjo tunes, and games. Several students also included lists of musical instruments present in their home communities and descriptions of music related social events such as house dances and singing schools.
Smith’s students came from a part of Kentucky and Tennessee located on the western edge of Appalachia. The area includes Garrard, Lincoln, Casey, Pulaski, Madison, Estill, Wolfe, Owsley, Breathitt, Magoffin, Floyd, Clay Leslie, and Knox counties in Kentucky and Sevier and Marshall Counties in Tennessee. Taken as a whole, their lists offer valuable insights concerning the kind of songs being sung and the repertory of traditional musicians in this region prior to the changes in musical tastes brought about by radio and phonograph records beginning in the 1920s.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.
Appalachian Region.
Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region.
Banjo music -- Kentucky.
Berea College -- Affiliated Schools -- Normal School
Berea College -- Faculty
Fiddle tunes -- Appalachian Region.
Fiddle tunes -- Kentucky.
Fiddle tunes.
Folk music -- Appalachian Region.
Kentucky -- Social life and customs.
Shape-note singing
Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions: There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations.
Acquisition Source: Mrs. John F. Smith
Appraisal Information: The collection was given to Berea College by Mrs. John F. Smith after the death of her husban in 1940.
Related Materials:
Appalachian Ballad and Folk Music Collection
Talitha Ethel Powell McClure Ballad Collection
James Watt Raine Ballad Collection
Preferred Citation: [Object identification/Folder/Box], The John F. Smith Traditional Music Collection, Berea College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, KY.
Other Note:
Note: See Appendix to John F. Smith Traditional Music Guide (attached in PDF format as On-line Images/Records) listing known contributors to this collection.
Collection Number: BCA 0006 SAA 005
ABSENT LOVER (SWEET BIRDS) [2]
[ADIEW, KIND FRIENDS]
AFTER THE BALL
AGED MOTHER [2]
ANDY AND SUSIE
ANSWER TO THE GYPSY'S WARNING
AS I WALKED OUT ONE MORNING FAIR [2]
[AS I WENT OUT ONE MORNING]
AT THE BAR
BAGGAGE COACH AHEAD [2]
THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER [2]
A BAIRNIE IN THE HOME FOR ME
BALLAD OF BATCHLER'S HALL
THE BALLAD OF THE CROSS [3]
A BALLAD OF THE PINNACLE
BARBARA ELLA
BARBARA ELLEN
BEAUTIGUL HOME OF MY CHILDHOOD
BILL BAILY [2]
BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE
BLACK JACK DAVY [3]
THE BLIND CHILD [2]
BLUE BELL
THE BOSTON BURGLAR [2]
[BOYS AND GIRLS PAY GOOD ATTENTION]
A BOY'S BEST FRIEND
THE BOY'S LAMENT
THE BOYS OF THE U.S.A.
THE BOYS WONT DO TO TRUST [3]
THE BREAKSMAN
A BRISK YOUNG FARMER, NEAT YOUNG LADY
THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT [6]
BROKEN HEART
THE BROKEN HEARTED LOVER
BROKEN BOWS
BUCK CREEK GIRLS [2]
BURIED FRIENDS [2]
BURY ME NOT IN THE DEEP, DEEP SEA [2]
BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE
BYE AND BYE YOU WILL FORGET ME
CHARLES GITEAU (Guiteau) [2]
CHARLIE BROOKS
CHARLEY BROOKS [4]
CHASE THE BUFFALO
CHEWING GUM [2]
THE CHEWING GUM GIRL
CHIGERS AND SEED TICKS
CHRISTIAN LEE ROY [2]
THE COAL CREEK MINES
COFFEE CROWS ON WHITE OAK TREE [or, Pretty Little Pink]
CUMBERLAND GAP
CUMBERLAND GAP [2]
COME ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DELIGHT IN SIN
COMMON BILL
CONFESSIONS OF A FLIRT
THE COO-COO (Cuckoo)
THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA [2]
A COWBOY
CRIPPLE CREEK [3]
THE CRUCIFIXION [4]
CRYSTAL EROY
THE DARBY RAM
DARLING, I'M DREAMING OF YOU
[DAYLIGHT MAY DO FOR THE GAY]
THE DEATH OF MR.MOSS
DEVILISH MARY [2]
DINA [2]
DINEY FROW
DOG AND GUN [7]
DOG AND GUN OR THE GOLDEN GLOVE [2]
DOG AND GUN, WEALTY YOUNG GOLDEN
GLOVE SQUIRE OF FARNWORTH
DOLLY GRAY
DO NOT HASTEN TO BID ME ADIEU
DO THEY MISS ME AT HOME
DON' T BE ANGRY WITH ME, DARLING
DON' T FORGET ME LITTLE DARLING [2]
DON' T GO OUT TONIGHT MY DARLING
DON' T LEAVE ME ALONE
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
DOWN THE GEORGIA LINE
THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM [Oh Ed, you look so hearty now...]
THE DRUNKARD'S LONE CHILD
A DRUNKARD'S WIFE
THE DRUNKEN HE' CUPS
THE DYING COW-BOY
DYING FROM HOME AND LOST [2]
DYING MAUDIE
THE DYING SOLDIER
EDWARD EDWARDS
THE ENGLISH GIRL
ENNUI [2]
EVENIG STAR
FADED FLOWERS
FAIR AND TENDER LADIES [or, Little Sparrow] [3]
FAIR ELLA
FAIR ELLEN
THE FALSE LOVER
FARE THEE WELL [2]
FATHER COME HOME
FLORA ELLA [6]
FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON
FOND AFFECTION [4]
FOR TWENTY LONG YEARS I'VE BEEN MARRIED [2]
FRANKIE [3]
FRANKIE BAKER
GAMBLING ON THE SABBATH DAY [2]
GEORGIA ALLEN
GINNIE PUT YOUR KETTLE ON
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND
THE GIRL I LEFT IN KENTUCKY
GIT ALONG DOWN TOWN
GIVE THE FIDDLER A DRAM
GOING DOWN IN TOWN
THE GOLDEN DAGGER
GRANNY'S PUPY
[Green granel, green granel the grass is so green...]
GREEN LEAF
GROUND HOG [2]
GYPSEY LADDIE
HAPPY GIRL [4]
HELEN FLANARY
HELEN FLANNERY
HER FRONT NAME IS HANNAH
HIRAM HUBBERT
THE HOBO
HOBO JOHN
HOOK AND LINE
HOP ALONG, PETER
A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
THE HOUSE CARPENTER [8]
HUNTSMEN'S CHORUS (FREISCHUTZ)
I ALWAYS LOVED YOU [2]
[I am going faraway Norah darling...] [2]
I CANNOT COME BACK TO YOU, SWEETHEART
IDIE RED [or, Idy]
I DON'T SEE WHY I LOVE HIM
I FOND AFFECTION
I HAVE A CALL FOR YOU [2]
I HAVE A SHIP ON THE OCEAN
I HAVE NO MOTHER NOW [4]
I HAVE WRITTEN HIM A LETTER [or Lula Wall]
I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT
[I'll be back tomorrow night...]
I'LL REMEMBER YOU, LOVE, IN MY PRAYERS [2]
I LOVE LITTLE WILLIE [2]
I LOVE MY WIFE BUT O YOU KID
I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW
I'M TIRED OF LIVING ALONE [2]
[I WON'T FLY DOWN...AND SIT UPON YOUR KNEE]
THE INQUISITIVE LOVER [2]
IN SOME LONESOME VALLEY [2]
IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINE [Or, shadow of the Pine]
IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE
I WANT A BEAU
I WILL SING YOU A SONG
I WILL TELL YOU OF A FELLOW
JACK AND JO
JACK AND JOE [3]
JACKARO [5]
JEALOUS LOVER
JERSEY CITY [4]
JERSEY CITY (BUTCHER'S BOY)
JESSIE JAMES
JOHN HARTIE [2]
JOHN RILEY [2]
JOHNNY CORDELL (WAGGONER LAD) [Johnny Cordell]
JOHNNY CAUDILL
JOHNNIE DIAL [3]
THE JOLLY GROUP OF COW - BOYS [2]
JOSIE
JUMBE TOWN [2]
LET ME CALL YOU SWEET HEART
[Let us follow the star to the land of the sky....]
THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK
THE LIGHTENING EXPRESS [2]
LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD
LITTLE BENNIE
LITTLE BESSIE
THE LITTLE BLACK MUSTACHE [7]
THE LITTLE BROWN JUG [3]
THE LITTLE CABIN BOY [or, Rosewood Casket; or, A Package of Old Letters] [2]
THE LITTLE SPARROW [or, Fair and Tender Ladies]
LITTLE SPARROW
LITTLE TREE
LITTLE WILLIE [2]
LOCKED OUT AFTER NINE
THE LONESOME DOVE
THE LONESOME SCENES OF WINTER [2]
LONESOME WIFE
LONGEST WAY 'ROUND IS THE SWEETEST WAY HOME
LORD LOVELL
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLEDNDER [6]
LOVE IS NOT A PLEASURE
LOVELY NAN [4]
LOVING NANCY
LOVING HENRY [or, Little Cabin Boy]
LULA WALL [or, I Have Written Him a Letter]
MAID AND HER LOVE
MAPLE ON THE HILL [2]
THE MARY GOLDEN TREE
MEET ME IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS [2]
MERRY, MERY CHRISTMAS
[Miss Adire since I came to the city....]
THE MISSED COMPANION
MISS MASSIE
MOLLIE BOND [2]
MOLLIE DARLING
THE MOONLIGHT [2]
MOON SHINER [3]
MOUNTAIN TOP [2]
MOUNT TOP
MY DEAREST LOVE, SO FARE YOU WELL
MY LITTLE DARLING
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
NAPANEE
NELLIE GRAY
NELLIA DARLING
NOBODY'S DARLING
NOBODY'S DARLING ON EARTH
NOLA SHANNON
NORA DARLING [2]
NO SIR!
[O BURY ME NOT IN THE DEEP DEEP SEA]
THE OCEAN BURIAL
O'ER LIFE'S LONG WEARY WAY
[OH HOW GLADLY MY HEART BEATS TOWARD THEE]
OH, HOW GLADLY MY HEART BEATS TOWARD THEE [3]
[Oh! If he's drownded, I hope he's happy....]
OH PRAY, KIND MISS [3]
OH WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE BABY?
OH, WILLIE
OH! WILLIE COME BACK
OLD BANGUM
OLD BATCHELOR
OLD BACHELOR
OLD DAN TUCKER
THE OLD ELM - TREE
OLD GRAY MARE [3]
OLD GREY HORSE COME A TEARING OUT THE WILDERNESS [2]
OLD JOE CLARK
THE OLD MAID'S SONG [3]
THE OLD MAN IN THE WOOD
THE OLD MILLER
OLD TOM WILSON [2]
OLD VIRGINIA [2]
ON THE DANVILLE TRAIN
ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART [2]
ONLY SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE
OUR PRAYER [2]
OVER THE GARDEN WALL
O WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY NIGHT [3]
A PACKAGE OF OLD LETTERS [or, Rosewood Casket] [8]
A PAPER OF PINS [4]
PATTY MCGUIRE
PEARL BRYAN [3]
PEARLIE BRYANT (PEARL BRYAN)
PILGRIMS SONG OF HOPE
POOR LITTLE JOE
POOR NELLIE
PRETTY FAIR MAID (FAIR DAMSEL)
A PRETTY FAIR DAMSEL [2]
THE PRETTY FAIR MISS
PRETTY LITTLE MISS
PRETTY LITTLE PINK (Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees)
THE PRETTY MAHEA
PRETTY MOHEA [or, Little Mohea] [3]
THE PRETTY MAIDEN [4]
PRETTY MOLLIE [3]
PRETTY POLLY [2]
PRETTY SARAH [3]
PRETTY WILLIE - PRETTY MARY
THE RAILROAD (BUM)
RAVEN HAIR [or, Wildwood Flower]
THE RED RIVER VALLEY [2]
RED WING
REPLY TO THE GYPSY'S WARNING [2]
THE RICH LADY [2]
THE RONDY'S SONG [2]
ROSE CONILEE [2]
ROSE OF RED
ROSEWOOD CASKET [or, A Package of Old Letters]
ROSY NELL [4]
THE ROWDY'S SONG
ROWAN COUNTRY CREW [2]
THE ROWEN COUNTRY CREW
SAD AND BROKEN HEARTED
SAD LAMENTATIONS [4]
SALLY IN OUR ALLEY
SANCTUS
THE SANDMAN'S SONG
SCHOOL DAYS
THE SCOLDING WIFE
SEPARATION
THE SHADOW OF THE PINE [or, In the Shadow of the Pine]
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA
THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED [2]
SHOOT THE BUFFALO
SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD
SINCERE LOVE
THE SINGLE SOLDIER
SISTER MARTHA [2]
SIX KING'S DAUGHTERS
SKIP TO MY LU [2]
SO FARE YOU WELL MY DARLING
SOLDIER BOY
THE SOLDIER BOY [ I was born....] [2]
THE SOLDIER BOY [Once there was....] [2]
SOLDIER'S BOY [2]
SOLDIER BOY
SOLDIER, OH SOLDIER
SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY LOVES ME DEARLY
[SOME BODY STOLE LITTLE BLACK DOG]
SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR YOU
SOME TWENTY YEARS AGO [3]
A SONG OF THE TUB [2]
SO YOU COME BACK TO ME YOU SAY
STABAT MATER
STEAM BOAT BILL [2]
SUSAN GAL [2]
SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES
SWEET SUNNY SOUTH [2]
SWEET WILLIAM
TAKE THIS LETTER TO MY MOTHER
TATER VINE [2]
THE TEXAN RANGER [7]
THERE'S A MOTHER ALWAYS WAITING FOR YOU
THERE'S NOTHING GOES HARD WITH THIS POOR BOY [2]
THOU HAST LEARNED TO LOVE ANOTHER
THE THREE SISTERS
TIME ENOUGH YET [4]
TITNANIC
THE TOBACCO UNION [2]
TOO LATE [4]
THE TROUBLED SOLDIER
TRUE ELLA OR THE JEALOUS LOVER [3]
THE 12 XMAS'S
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
THE TWO ORPHANS
TWO SWEETHEARTS [2]
VALSE FROM BALLET (FAUST)
THE VILLAGE BELLS
THE WAGGONER LAD or, Johnny Cordell [4]
THE WAGONER'S SONG
WAIT TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
WAKE UP, WAKE UP, YOU DROWSY SLEEPERS [2]
WALKING IN THE PARLOR [2]
THE WAXFORD GIRL [3]
THE WEBFOOTED DUCK [2]
THE WEDDING BELLS [2]
THE WEEPING LADY [4]
THE WEEPING WILLOW [3]
WE PARTED BY THE RIVER - SIDE
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE BABIE [or] OH WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE BABIE?
WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE FOR ME PAPA
WHEN A BOY
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY [2]
WHEN KATE AN I WERE COMING THROUGH THE RYE
WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG
WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS
WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY NIGHT? [3]
WHIPPOORWILL SONG
WHISKEY IN ITS PLACE
THE WHITE PILGRIM
WHY CAN'T I HAVE A BEAU?
WHY DOES MOTHER STAY SO LONG? [2]
THE WIDOW BY THE SEA
WILD BILL JONES [5]
THE WILD - WOOD FLOWER [or, Raven Hair]
WILL YOU LOVE ME WHEN I AM OLD [2]
WILLIAM BLUET [3]
WILLIE [4]
WHO WILL SHOE YOUR PRETTY FEET?
WON'T YOU COME OVER TO MY HOUSE
THE WRECK ON THE B & O
WRECK ON THE C& O RAILROAD
YOU ARE AS WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY
YOUNG CHARLOTTE [4]
YOUNG EDWARD
YOUNG EMILY - THE DRIVER BOY
YOUNG HENRY
YOU'LL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE [2]
