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
1. (Unknown)
2. (Unknown)
3. THE LITTLE DOVE
4. THE LITTLE DOVE
5. CHARLEY BROOKS
6. JERSEY CITY OR THE BUTCHER BOY
7. (Unknown)
8. LITTLE NELLIE
9. SWEET BIRD OR ABSENT LOVER
10. (Unknown)
11. PRETTY MOHEA
12. MOLLIE DARLING
13. RED RIVER VALLEY
14. MEXICAN GIRL
15. CHERRY SONG
16. CHERRY SONG
17. TURKISH LADY
18. TURKISH LADY
19. NOBODY’S DARLING
20. [left blank; without music notations]
21. KNIGHT ON THE ROAD
22. THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER
23. BARBARA ALLEN
24. PRETTY POLLY
25. DINA
26. OH WILLIE, COME BACK
27. LONESOME SCENES OF WINTER
28. DOF AND GUN
29. JERSEY CITY OR (BUTCHER BOY)
30. LOVING HENRY
31. JOHN RILEY
32. NOBODY’S DARING
33. YOU CAN LEAVE ME IF YOU WANT TO
34. LITTLE OMA
35. TURKISH LADY
36. CRUEL MOTHER (DOWN BY THE GREENWOOD SIDE)
37. PRETTY MAHEA
38. LORD BATEMAN
39. HOUSE CARPENTER
40. I LOVE LITTLE WILLIE
41. IN SOME LONESOME VALLEY
42. PRETTY POLLY
43. YOUNG CHARLOTTE
44. BLUE EYES
45. THE PRETTY MAIDEN
46. ROBIN HOOD
47. LITTLE SPARROW
48. WAKE UP, WAKE UP, YE DROWSY SLEEPERS
49. FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
50. LOVELY NANCY
51. TIME ENOUGH YET
52. TIME ENOUGH YET
53. IN SOME LONESOME VALLEY
54. THERE’S SOMEBODY WAITING FOR YOU
55. JERSEY CITY
56. SOME DARK HOLLOW
57. PRETTY MOHEA
58. [untitled music notation]
59. PRETTY MOHEA
60. WHO WILL SHOE MY PRETTY LITTLE FEET?
61. SOMEBODY
62. BURY ME NOT IN THE DEEP, DEEP SEA
63. THEY SAY IT’S A SIN TO FLIRT
64. THE SOLDIER BOY
65. DOG AND GUN
66. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLENDER
67. FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
68. PRETTY FAIR DAMSEL OR THE BRISK YOUNG FARMER
69. ROSEWOOD CASKET
70. ROWDY SONG
71. PEARL BRYAN
72. TEXAS RANGER
73. GROUND HOG
74. IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES
75. LOVELY NAN
76. THE DRUNKARD’S LONE CHILD
77. SO FARE YOU WELL MY DARLING
78. THERE’S NOTHING GOES HARD WITH THIS POOR BOY
79. TIME ENOUGH YET
80. RED RIVER VALLEY
81. OH WILLIE!
82. THE JOLLY GROUP OF COWBOYS
83. FAIR ELLEN OR PEARL BRYAN
84. FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
85. FOR 20 LONG YEARS I’VE BEEN MARRIED
86. I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE HIM
87. CHARLEY BROOKS
88. CHARLEY BROOKS
89. THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA
90. THE BRAKESMAN
91. THE BIRD IN THE GILDED CAGE
92. WEEPING WILLOW TREE
93. CHARLES GITEAU
94. WHY DOES MOTHER STAY SO LONG?
95. TAKE THIS LETTER TO MY MOTHER
96. LITTLE OMA
97. JACK AND JOE
98. IS THERE NO KISS FOR ME TONIGHT?
99. NOBODY’S DARLING ON EARTH
100. SISTER MARTHA
101. THE LITTLE BLACK MUSTACHE
102. OH WILLIE!
103. BACHELOR’S HALL
104. AGED MOTHER
105. BLUE EYES
106. JEALOUS LOVER
107. TIME ENOUGH YET
108. ABSENT LOVER – SWEET BIRDS
109. MAPLE ON THE HILL
110. HOUSE CARPENTER (MEETING OF AN OLD TRUE LOVE)
111. I LOVE LITTLE WILLIE
112. THE SINGLE SOLDIER
113. FLORA ELLA
114. GREEN FIELDS AND MEADOWS
115. WAKE UP, WAKE UP, YE DROWSY SLEEPERS
116. JACK AND JOE
117. THE LITTLE DOVE
119. THE WILD AND RECKLESS HOBO
120. THE SOLDIER BOY
121. WEDDING BELLS
122. THE WAXFORD GIRL
123. ROSE CONILEE
124. FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
125. FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
126. THE DRUNKARD’S DREAM
127. WEEPING WILLOW
129. YOUNG CHARLOTTE
130. I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW
131. TAKE THIS LETTER TO MY MOTHER
132. CHARLEY BROOKS
133. DON’T BE ANGRY WITH ME DARLING
134. THE DRUNKARD’S DREAM
135. FALSE LOVER
136. THE COAL CREEK MINES
137. (Unknown)
138. BROKEN VOWS
139. ROSEWOOD CASKET
140. THE LONE PILGRIM
141. OH WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?
142. TALE OF A FLIRT
143. GIPSY’S WARNING
144. GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL
145. NOBODY’S DARLING ON EARTH
146. PACKAGE OF OLD LETTERS
147. LOOK UP AND DOWN SOME LONESOME VALLEY
148. (Unknown)
149. WILD COWBOY
150. WAXFORD GIRL
151. BARBARA ALLEN
152. BARBARA ALLEN
153. BARBARA ALLEN
154. MAGGIE
155. PAPER OF PINS
156. THE LADIES’ MAN
157. SINNAH MAN
158. THE MARY GOLDEN TREE
159. THE MARY GOLDEN TREE
160. PRETTY POLLY
161. I DON’T SEE WHY I LOVE HIM
162. IS THERE NO KISS FOR ME TONIGHT, LOVE
163. YOUNG CHARLOTE
164. SAD LAMENTATIONS
165. FLORA ELLA
166. ROWAN COUNTY CREW
167. PRETTY POLLY
168. FOND AFFECTION
169. WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?
170. LITTLE OMA
171. LOVING NANCY
172. BARBARA ALLEN
173. REPLY TO THE GIPSY’S WARNING
174. PACKAGE OF OLD LETTERS
175. PRETTY FAIR DAMSEL
176. LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL
177. LULU WALL ( I HAVE WRITTEN HIM A LETTER)
178. JOHNNY CORDELL
179. JERSEY CITY
180. FOR 20 YEARS I’VE BEEN MARRIED
181. DARLING, I’M DREAMING OF YOU
182. DON’T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING
183. THE DRUNKARD’S DREAM
184. CHARLES GITEAU (GUITEAU)
185. COME ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DELIGHT IN SIN
186. WEEPING WILLOW TREE
187. BOYS WON’T DO TO TRUST
188. THE BLIND CHILD
189. THE BLIND CHILD
190. SIX KING’S DAUGHTERS (PRETTY POLLY)
191. I DON’T SEE WHY I LOVE HIM
192. MY LITTLE PET ROOSTER
193. BACHELOR’S HALL
194. THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED
195. THE THREE SISTERS
196. LETTER EDGED IN BLACK
197. THE LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL
[198]. DRUUNKARD’S HELL
199. O WHERE WERE YOU LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?
200. DARK HOLLOW
201. THE BOYS WON’T DO TO TRUST
202. I HAVE NO MOTHER NOW
203. JACK AND JOE
204. THERE’S NOTHING GOES HARD WITH THIS POOR BOY
205. DREADFUL FATE (BOYS & GIRLS…)
206. TWO ORPHANS
207. THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS
208. DON’T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING
209. CRYSTAL LEROY
210. A COWBOY
211. DANCING DAYS (YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE)
212. SOLDIER BOY
213. BLUE EYES
214. BLUE EYES
215. BLUE EYES
216. DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE
217. THE WIDOW BY THE SEA
218. WILD BILL JONES
219. LITTLE BLACK MUSTACHE
220. PRETTY POLLY
221. PRETTY LITTLE PINK
222. OLD JOE CLARK
1. OH WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?
2. THE WEEPING LADY
3. DOG AND GUN, OR THE GOLDEN GLOVE
4. THE WAGGONER LAD
5. JACKARO
6. FLORA ELLA
7. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLENDER
8. FOND AFFECTION
9. THE ROWAN COUNTY CREW
10. SAD LAMENTATION
11. THE FALSE LOVER
12. THE PRETTY MAIDEN
13. DRUNKARD'S HELL
14. THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER
15. DINA
16. WILD BILL JONES
17. JOHN RILEY
18. TURKISH LADY
19. THE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD
LITTLE DOVE, THE I
LITTLE DOVE, THE II
CHARLEY BROOKS
JERSEY CITY - OR BUTCHER BOY
JERSEY CITY II (DRUNKARD'S HELL I: 198)
JERSEY CITY III
JERSEY CITY IV
LITTLE NELLIE
PRETTY MOHEA, OR LITTLE MOHEA
PRETTY MOHEA II
PRETTY MOHEA III
PRETTY MOHEA IV
TURKISH LADY
TURKISH LADY II
TURKISH LADY III
TURKISH LADY IV
CHERRY SONG [title but no music notations]
YOUNG CHARLOTTE
TURKISH LADY
CANARY
Scottish
THE SHEPHERD'S PREFERENCE
AULD ROBIN GRAY
COME, BOAT ME O'ER TO CHARLIE
MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS
HIGHLAND MARY
MARY'S DREAM
BRING BACK MY BONNIE TO ME
'TIS MY FRIEND
MY HANDSOME NELL
THE BONNIE BANKS OF AYR
ELIZA
AULD LANG SYNE
LADY MARY ANN
AFTON WATER
THE HIGHLAND CHARACTER
ROBIN ADAIR
ANNIE LAURIE
OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST
THE DANCE AT MCDOUGALL'S
THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND
O, MARY, GO AND CALL THE CATTLE HOME
LOCH LOMOND
SKYE BOAT SONG
O'ER THE MOOR AMONG THE HEATHER
THE BLACK EAGLE - DR. FORDYCE
JOHNNIE COPE
TO FLEE AWA' I' THE MORNING
CEASE, MY DEAR FRIEND TO EXPLORE
ABSENCE
THE COLLIER'S BONNIE LASSIE
JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO
BLOOMING NELLY
THE CHARMING MONTH OF MAY
OH THE SEAS AND FAR AWAY
THE WINTER IS PAST
FAIR JENNY
LOVELY POLLY STEWART
THE HIGHLAND LADDIE
THE BANKS OF DOON
YOUNG JESSIE
YON WILD MOSSY MOUNTAINS
TO MARY IN HEAVEN
KATE OF ABERDEEN
English
BEN BOLT
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
SWEET AND LOW
THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE BY THE MILL
THE RING MY MOTHER WORE
CROSSING THE BAR
CALLED AWAY
ELLA BELL
IN THE SHADOWS OF THE PINES
THOU HAST LEARNED TO LOVE ANOTHER
THE BATTLE FIELD
ROSY NELL
LITTLE SPARROW
THE MANSION OF ACHING HEARTS
THE ORPHAN CHILDREN
THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED
ROW ME OVER THE TIDE
PUT MU LITTLE SHOES AWAY
TOO LATE
THE WEDDING BELLS
THE BRIGHT LITTLE VALLEY
THER'S NO ONE LIKE YOUR FIRST LOVE AFTER ALL
MY HEART'S IN TEXAS
