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  • Joe CONTENT\) of Tape No. l D. F. CONNER, Oconaluftee, North Carolina Early life Schools Bear hunt MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina Bear skin trick playing Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina Bear skin trick playing Big Bend Big Bemd murder (of Scott Brown and Mims White) Singing - "One Morning in May" "Jackie's Gone a Sailin" "Pretty Saro" "In London City" JOHN HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina Singing - 11Paul and Silas" "Charlie Lawsons" "The Gir 1 I Love Don't Pay Me No Hind" "Hy Home Is in the Smoky Mountain" "Boston Girl:' l1ARY ALICE PALHER, Cata loochee, North Carolina RP.ading a poem, ''Cataloochee 11 EDl'·fUND TH0r1AS and OSCAR DAUGHERTY Singing - "i.Jish I Had Never Seen Sunshine" Mrs. WILL PAU1ER, Ce>taloochee, North Carolina Singing - "The Rambling Boy" "Earbry Allen11 ':The Drunkard's Doom11 ·11-12' .. Page 1-3 1' 1-2 2- 3 4-5 4-5 6-20 r CI 6 7 8-9 14-15 13 16-17 18-19 20-27 20-21 22 23 24 26-27 28 28 29-30 29-30 31-35 31 32··34 35 3g29 G~1 ido.J.£ OcX-.'~'- SIDE No. 1 Guide to Index Counter numbers (ICN) D. F. CONNER, Oconaluftee, North Carolina Early life Begin 000 Break 058 Schools Begin 065 Break 097 Bear hunt Begin 102 Break 139 MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina Begin 145 Break 199 Begin 204 Break 222 Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North carolina Bear skin trick Big Bend Big Bend killing Deer story Singing: "One Morning in May" "Jackie's Gone a Sailing" "One Morning in May" Tape runs out SIDE No. 2: Mrs. MACK HANNAH contd . "Pretty Saro" "In London City" Begin 225 Break 242 Begin 250 Break 275 Begin 277 . Break 301 Begin 305 Break 326 Begin 328 Break 348 Begin 353 Break 373 Begin 375 Break 389 Begin 395 Break 418 436 Begin 000 Break 034 Begin 045 Break 088 JOHN HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - singing "Paul and Silas" Begin 093 Break 139 "Char lie Lawson" B~gin 143 Break 186 "The Girl I Love" Begin 187 Break 200 "My Home Is in the Smoky Mt'' Begin 208 Break 243 "Boston Girl" Begin 246 Break 286 MARY ALICE PALMER, Cata1oochee, North Carolina Poem ''Cataloo·chee" Begin. 293 Break 301 EDMUND THOMAS and OSCAR DAUGHERTY, Monteagle, Tennessee - singing "Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine" Begin 303 Break 328 Mrs. WILLIAM pALMER, Cataloochee, North Carolina - singing "The Rambling Boy" Begin 332 Break 380 "Barbara Allen" Begin 362 Break 380 Begin 382 Break , .. o6 "The Drunkard's Doom" Begin 409 Break 431 Tape .runs out 434 -·'.'tf..',·'· Joe Hall Tapes TAPE No. 1 - SIDE 1 - Set Index Counter Number at 000 at beginning of recording. D. F. CONNER, Oconaluftee, North Carolina. (Very slow and deliberatel 1939 I was-uh, horned in-uh, Jackson County, eighteen, fifty•five. And-uh. Was-uh, oh about eight years old I guess, or nine, moved from that county tooo, my father did tooo, to ~~con County. And, we were there fer, about six years I think. And then we, my father moved to, to into this county knmm as-uh, w's Jackson at that time again but w's, finally made t', so-called to be Swain County, a new county struck off. And-uh. That was here on the, waters of Luftee River. Stayed there, f'm th' time I were about, fourteen years old I think on up til, today. On this river. Known as th', Oconaluftee River. And-uh. I've been here in these mountains ever since. Rared up just, just come up. And-uh. Now I'm a getting, up in years, eighty-four I think. Been here in the Smoky Mountains ever since. Since I was about-uh, m~ybe fourteen years old. Of course "t-Je, are here in the park now, th' park area. Allo~ins it turned over to the, t' the, t' the, Smoky Nountains Nati·onal Park. BREAK Well back "t-Jhen, I were, just a young man a grm.Jing up, why, we didn't have any advantage much of schools. We 1.>/Cluld probably have, a term, of about three months in th' fall, season. Teacher would commence maybe sometime, up in August. And, for three or four weeks then, an' probably stop then about two weeks t', for Lh' people t' take fod der an' so on. And we, Joe Hall Tapes Page 2 D. F. CONNER (Contd) would be out, for a while, an', about three months would beth', the extent of the school, possibly v:e wouldn't get to go, near all of that. Course the, they were poor chances then for us, young fellows a growin' up to get any chance much of, of schoolin'. And, it remained thataway for a good long while before we had any better advantages probably most of us w's, w's about grown, without any education much. And so, it's, it's been, thataway til, til, it didn't gi\1e us people at that ti- edge. of the world didn't give us much chance, of learning. We had to learn to help our parents they was scatterly, scattered, an' an' not thick settled an', we had to help them at home, an' we didn't look out t' ever need any much education. BREAK Well back-uh, some years ago we had-uh, good chance of fine mountain range. Had our cattle out in th', in th' Smoky l1ountains 'n'. Me 'n' one of my boys had some, cattle killed by th' bear. It w's-uh, one big steer that \-le put out I had some bear traps \ie putt around the,. 'round the steer wr.ere th' bear were coming. He finally, uh, got 'im by th' foot you kno-v1. He went back into th 1 l aurel hung with this trap 'n', fin ally we traced 1 im up til we got in hearin' of 1 im. He was, he was cuttin' a big fi5ger, and uh growlin' an' so on but we slipped 'round an' with our guns 'n', got close 'im an', an' my boy shot 'im in the head. An' we killed 'im 'n', and roll.ed 'im dmm the mounta in to \-7here uc could, cculd uh..kinda dr ess 'im you know. \Tell I had my horses hitched up pretty clcst, but '-1hen we D. F. CONNER (contd) got back with some of our bear'to them horses, you know we couldn't get uh, close to them. But we finally got our horses .an' taken part of it on one of 'em that we could get the closest to an', an' packed 'im in home we had a fine time that day I tell you what. But th', it was-uh, it ~-1as more fun to us than anybody would think for because \ve was so interested in gittin' that, that brute that was a killin' our cattle off. An' so we had a good time though, a gettin' in home, with one horse scared til we couldn't get 'im clost to a bear. We got so it all packed on one of 'em an' got 'irn, in horne at last. BRUK .....___. ··· ·~;~~:-?~~~f-~-~~~~~~i~~\~~~~s~n:t~~~r~~~;;~~:~~~-~:_;'·1~;J-,~- : -{t~7---- , Jo'seph-·Half Tapes:~;'; · .,_,,_\·· Page 4 MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina, 1939 . :8) Hew's scared of a bear an' he was fond of bees. An' he, he-uh, got this got Robert, talkin' with 'im an', an' Robert talked a while he found out that John was scared of bees, uh was good to' bees but hew's scared of a bear. 'N' he went out t'. Said he'd go out there an' . look an' went out there back farm. An' he, he found a, a place out there bee gum 'round behind the other an' that boys. An'. An'. He took a bear skin with 'im. An', when he got down there with th' bear skin, why, he, he found out that Johnny w' s a comin'. An 1 , he, got hisself in good shape th', way he wanted to get. An'. /-----/ An' scared of bears. He took that bear skin on. An' he got to where he c'd get, c'd, hide get out of way tilth' boy passed. Th' boy passed an' he made a fuss an'. John, when he, when Robert t~de th' fuss, John looked back an' saw, Robert with th' bear skin on all wrapped up in th' bear skin 'n' he, thought that he w'd, that it w's a bear comin'. An'. So he broke to run he run little piece, an' he hollered like a dog, barked like a dog. Try t' scare th' bear away. An'. He only made it a little \olorse. He hollered, th' bear sorts made a ugly fuss an', finally he hollered, pretty loud try t' scare th' bear away. An' John, an' th' bear, it made a little little pass toward 'im, moved, out six or eight feet towards 'im. Made a ugly fuss. An' he started do·..m th' hill. It 's tall hill wasn't quite steep but it ~v's big enough t' run good. 'N' so Johnny runt' th' fence, an' jumped th' fence an' never never knocked a rail off, 'n' it w's 'bout eight rail fence. An'. He got on dovm th' hill, they said he 's runnin' as fast as a feist ) c'd run, or good dog w'd run. An'. He, got down there an' looked back an', an' he saw th' bear passin' through a little higher up. An' he, Johnny (record repeating itself) BREAK Now you can finish tellin' it. * An' Johnny run down th' hill aimin' t' got' his uncle's. An'. He raised th' alarm so, a runnin 'n' made so much fuss, it scared th' ,people they run out of th' house an' looked. An'. They saw that Johnny w's scared. 'N' hew's, he w'sn't just a runnin' a little they said hew's tryin' t' fly. (Laughter) They said he 's steppin' on th' ground so hard that he went in shoe mouth deep, in th' ground. (Laughter) An' he, he got on do\vn there an' tried t' git his uncle to go with 'im back. They wouldn't go back. An' they, he lay down there an' rested til he got a little better. 1 N' he got up an' walked off. An'. Robert was-uh, so well tickled he 's lying up there laughing in a sink hole. That's about all. BREAK . ~, . )..:. Little Mrs. MACK HANNAH,/ Cataloochee,, North Card ina Johnny after he come down, he laid down his bee bonnet, an' his-uh, things his /-----/, an' thought he'd go t' spring an' get 'im a drink. An' he. Got his water an' set, 'n' come back out an' thought he'd take 'im a smoke. An' a little branch backed above 'im. An' he looked around an' he saw th' bear. Said he barked an' barked an' it wouldn't move an'. Just a rarin' up, like it w's comin 1 towards 'im. An' he said he hit down the road, down th' hill an' jumped th' fence an' lost his shoe heel, run, on to th' house. An' he wanted, th' folks t' goin' An' back an' helped 'im an' they told 'im, it w's nothin' but th' boys with a bear skin. But he said no he said it wasn't that he said he saw its feet he knowed it was a bear. An' so he, I '-.....-/ rested a little an' come on back home. An' found out it was th' boys. That w's scarin' 1 im. (Laughing) BREAK -... ,; Page 7 .1) (Very scratch. Break. Then started over. High pitch. Same voice as preceding) Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina .3) The Big Bend is noted for its crimes and whiskey. Th' people there w's kind hearted. There w's no Christian mothers an' fathers to th' children. They grew up in ignorance. My stepson, taught the first school ~hat was ever taught down there, in a little log house. An' hew's so scared, that he slept with his gun under his head at night. An I o The children he said was very anxious to learn. An' said they was almost gro>-Jn some that didn't know their letters when he started in. And-uh, later on it w's several years, before they had another school. 'N' for the last while, why they 's a lwman went in there, an' she taught t>vo schools, an' said th' men women an' children packed th' lumber out t' build a house. An' she had Sunday school. 'N' said they w's very anxious to go. Said they 's grown children there that never had been in a church house. Til they come up hyar. Some of 'em some of th' Hicks family. An' they 's been, from twenty to twenty-five murde r:-ed people there. Just, they w's ignorant, raised up in ignorance no Sunday school, no church ner nothin' ner no one t' lead 'em on, right in th' right way. But th' old folks, they've nearly all dead, an' what ain't most of 'em have left there an' th' young folks has left that place. It's a terrible bad place. i3) BREAK ... ,. ,r·~ -· ·-~;,· :::~,,.,_ ..~_ ;;ri~;-,.. - ~,;-~~~-~~~<t~~ii:~~m· · Joseph Hall Tapes . -~- -- ~ Page 8 Mrs. MACK HA~~AH, Little Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina. 14) Brown (Break) he lived used t' live on down in th' Big Bend, he married Ona Hicks. An'. They separated. He'd been off at work him 'n' Mims White. They came back through there an'. Th' Brown boys an-uh, an' that Ona Hicks, Oney Brown, shew's, they 's at a still makin' whiskey, just then. 'N' th' boys started on through up this way. I 'spose they w's nearly drunk. They came on up to where they call th' resting log. 'N' th' boys laid down there. I don't know whether they were asleep or not, anyway, they 's lying a restin'. An' Oney found out they w's there. An' she went back an' told th' boys that Scott an' Mims was up there, they'd better go an' see about 'em. An' they went on back up there. An', one of th' McGaha boys shot Mims ~~ite an' killed him. An' · th' other one took th' gw1 an' killed Scott with his barrel, gun barrel. An'. He sta- an' they pulled his shoes off an' robbed him, they suppose, th' shoes 's gone. An' th' boy \-l 1 S found with them a wearin' 'em. An' they come along, some of 'em on up there an' the boys lay there that w's, shot an' knocked in th' head til next mornin' they passed by again, an' said Scott was still a breathin'. An' they shot his teeth out, shot 'im right in the mouth. 54) Then they BREAK 56) (Slower speed) Boys passed back by where th' dead boys was lying an' they drug 'em out just a, a few steps f'm th' trail. An' throwed 'em in a sink hole , an' covered 'em up with a little leaves 'n' stuff. An' they Mrs. MACK HANNAH - Story of Big Bend murder - contd killed th' dog an' throwed it out there t' keep th' people f'rn findin' 'ern. Srnellin' 'ern. Said they wasn't covered good. An'. Later on they missed th' boys and they couldn't hear of 'ern got t' huntin' for 'ern. An' they, they think they 'sat Waynesville, Waynesville~ They got him t' go down an', try t' find out, from them folks, about 'ern. An' he, he picked it out of 1 em. They took 'em off an 1 took 'ern to jail. An' they, went an' found th' boys, an' took them off, what they could find of 'em, took 'ern to Waynesville, an' buried them. An' they put th' boys in th' pen a lifetime. For th' murder. They owned up to it. (Fades out) Picked it out. 1-----1 BREAK -rr:rr~~ ... -~~~~'{>;r:·t'if':~~·p_·~,-.. : ;~; 'j,· .,_ :· . ,:·~~:~~r:~~ . ;:.~r :· · " J~ Hall. Tapes · ..... _.,,. ~- :· Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina I moved, our family moved to Forneys Creek when I 's about five years old I remember well. My grandfather he was tending a little mill, down 'bout a quarter from home. An'. My grandmother an', one of my little cousins an' I were at home. 'N' they come, we heard some dogs a comin', an' looked out an' we saw a deer. It was a five slag buck. It 's comin' down that mountain an' they ~s five little hounds after 1 im. An' he got to, it was a makin' for th' creek, an' he got out to th' "fence he, had t' jump over th' fence fore it get to th' creek. An' th' dogs jerked 'im back. An' my grandmother she grabbed the axe an', pole axe an' she went, hit it one lick an', hit tore loose from her, from th' dogs, an' run her right in th' yard around th' smokehouse twice. An' we run in th' house it scared us an' we run in th' house an' shut th' door. An' it took back to th' creek made for th' creek again an' it couldn't make it over th' fence they jerked 1 im do\vn agin. An' she grabbed th 1 axe or had th 1 axe ctn 1 she took it an' went an' hit it that time with th' edge of th' axe. An' she killed it. An' grandfather he, he heercd th' racket an' he come~ But th' deer was so, so near dead it couldn't get up. So she, she finished it up. BREAK ·~ Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing One Morning in May One morning one morning, one morning in May I saw a fair damsel, an' heard her so sweetly.say It's oh kind miss don't yo11 want to marry Or it's won't you marry me. "I had a true love on the ocean "Whose face I ain't seed. in seven long years 11An' if I never see in seven years longer "There's nay man on earth can marry me." Oh what if he's in the ocean drown-ded I Or if he's on some battle slain ~ Or what if he's took some pretty girl 'n' marrie.d her His face you never can see any more. "If he's in the ocean drown-ded "I hope he is happy "And if he is on some battlefield "Or if he took some pretty girl and married her "I love the girl that married himo" He showed her the ring on his finger And she fell straight down before him He picked her .:.11 up in his arms And he give her kisses one two three Joe Hall Tapes , . Page Mrs. HACK HANNAH - "One Morning in May" - cont 'd Sayin' if I hadn't a seed your face in seven years longer There's nary girl on earth can marry me. I've almost 1-----1 BREAK Mrs. 11'\CK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Very scratchy Oh yes. I don't know the (Laughing) I just know the tune of that and ·a few words. Jackie's Gone a Sailin' Poor Jackie's gone a sailin' with trouble on his mind A leavin' of his country and his darling girl behind. And sing fa le do da dae. And sing fare ye well my dear. I don't know I just 1-----1 know a few words. (Very scratchy) 1-----1 She called herself Dee Monroe. An' she, th' fifes begin t', beat an' drum begin t' beat an' th' fifes begin to roar an' pretty Polly marched away. And after the battle was over why she, searched around you know and she found Jack, an' she picked 1 im up an' carried him to the inn. An' I don't know I just know a little of it about, somethin' though th' officer said to her said her cheeks w's too red an' rosy, her fingers w's too neat an' slim an' her cheeks w's too red an' rosy for t' face a cannon ball. But she marched away anTway, she went on. She called herself Dee Monroe. BREAK lzn Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee ; North Carolina - Very scratchy Qne Morning in May One morning one morning one morning in May I saw a fair damsel 1-----1 so sweetly say I know th' first of it an' 1-----1 Little miss don't you want to marry Or it was won't you rr~rry me. "I had a true love on the ocean "Whose face I ain't seed in seven long year . "An' if I never see in seven years longer, "There's nary man on earth can marry me." Oh what jf he's in the oco?.l'ln drownded Or if he ' s on some battlefield Or if he's took some pretty girl an' married her His face you'll never can see any more. "If he's in the ocean drown-ded " I, I hope he is happy ' 1And if he is on some battle slain "An' he 's took some pretty girl an' married her "I love the gir 1 that married him." 141) I don't kr..mv, th' rest. But an)'\vay it's some:thin' about th' ring. She shotved, he sho-v:ed her th' rii.1g tha.t she h'd put on his finger an' she fell s t raight do\vn before 1 im, an 1 he picked her all up in his arms an 1 he give Joe · Hall Mrs. MACK HANNAH - "One Morning. in May" - contd 'er kisses one, two three. Sayin' if I never see your face in seven years longer, there's nary girl on earth can marry me. BREAK Very dim singing, occasionally, cannot be understood. ("Backwash" from other side of tape.) END of Side 1 Tape runs out at 374. ~·~-·~ ~~7~~~~~~~~~~~c·~;,;~ .. ~,~ ·~:r;~ Joe Hall :,Tapes , TAPE No. 1 - SIDE 2 - From Index Counter No. 000 to 008 is blank. Reset Index Counter at 000 Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina -'Singing {Scratchy recording) {Dim talking) Pretty Saro 1------~---------------1 And have been to roam Nor th' country I'm leavin' Nor the debts that I owe. There's nothing that grieves me Or troubles my mind But to leaving pretty Saro My darling behind. Her parents don't want me As I understand They want a freeholder And I have no land But I aim to maintain her On silver and gold And as many a fine thing as M' love's house can hold. If I \vas a little dove Had wings and could fly 16 Joseph Hall . :;:t~ . ;:"-~ , ..... ~.~~>!'~/ '~·'<i!J4H?if"' Page 1i' ;' ' .. Mrs. MACK HANNAH- "Pretty Saro" ·- contd Unto my true love's 1-----1 This night I'd draw nigh And in her lily white arms Til the dawning of th' day I don't know the rest of it there's another verse of it. BREAK Mrs. MACK HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Car.olina - Singing In London City In London city I did dwell A merchant's son I loved so well He courted me, my heart away And then with me he would not stay. Oh grief There was a girl in that same town He'd take her all on his knees And he'd tell her things that he Wouldn't tell to me. Oh grief oh grief I'll tell you why In a few more years her gold 1-----1 fly And then she'll be As poor as I. It 's late in the day When her father came home Inquiring \·7here his daughter had gone He went upstairs and he found the door w's broke And he found her hanging to a rope. He drew out his knife and cut her down All on her breast those lines were found, "Go dig my grave both \>~ide and deep "Place a mar ble stone at my haad and feet Page 18 Mrs. MACK HANNAH - 11 In London City" - contd "Place a willow tree by my grave "That it may grow and weep for me "Place a white turtle dove on a willow tree. "That all th' world might know that I died for love." BREAK JOHN HANNAH, Little Catalooche~, North Carolina - Singing with guitar Paul and Silas or We Won't Be Too Long When Paul and Silas were engaged We told they'd sing our song 'Twas grandmaw put 1-----1 We won't be-e-e too long. Ever come whatever go Let it come for friend or foe Th' victory to sing a song Won't be-e-c in too long. The furnace passin' he did hum The Hebrews sang a song And Jesus came an helped 'em sing Won't be in too long. Ever come \-lhatever go Let it come for friend or foe w~ 's victors to sing a song Won't be in t h i s furnace long. JOHN HANNAH - "Paul and Silas" - contd ~~en Daniel entered in th' den His faith in God was strong And he just came an' helped 'em sing· We won't be-e-e too long. Ever come whatever go Let it come for friend or foe The victor to sing a song Won't be in here long. When Joney swallered by a whale A-mitted hew's wrong But Joney he did break and sigh We won't be-e-e too long. Ever come whatever go Let it come for friend or foe We victory to sing a song v!e WOn It be in tOO long. BREAK Joe JOHN HAN!~H , Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing with guitar Charlie Lawson It was on one Christmas morning, the snow was on the ground His home in North Caroliner, this murder he was found. Say that first he killed his wife, and little one did cry "Oh Dad on Dad please climb up, for it is so hard to die." A raging man could not be calmed, he would not heed their call He killed his children and his wife, and then he closed th' knife. Did not carry him to doom, for long years hid his face He vowed he'd found in another world, a vow on Judgment Day. Poor Charlie Lawson, he had a loving wife And no one ever knew the fault to take his family's life. My wealthy friends an' all my folks won't see you all no more Into my breast I'll .far one shot, an' trouble will be o'er. Put them all in crowded grave while the angels speak from above Come home come home ye little ones the lamb of peace an' love \.fuen Jesus say to you, when He did call them home They left this 'wrld and live no more, when Jesus called them home. BREAK \.___/ JOHN HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing with guitar The Gir 1 I Love Don' t Pay He No Mind Th' girl I love don't pay me no mind Well they don't pay me no mind. Sweetheart divine lay your little hand in mine The girl I love don't pay me no mind. Now I know she's sorry what she done Now I know she's sorry what she done She come into to~~ with her head hanging down Now I know she:s sorry what she done. The girl I love don't pay me no mind Nm-1 that girl I love don 1 t pay me no mind Sweetheart divine lay your little hand in mine That girl I love don't pay me no mind. BREAK JOHN HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing with guitar :!1Y Home Is in the Smoky Mountains My home is in the Smoky Hountain Home is in the Smoky Mountain Home is in the Smoky Mountain And I never 'spect t' be here How can I keep from crying How can I keep from crying Ho>.,., can I keep from crying any more. When I never 1 spect to be here any more. I thought I heard a freight train blowing I thought I heard a freight train blowing Thought I heard a freight train blowing An' I never 'spect I'd heered it blow any more. Hm-1 can I keep from crying How can I keep from crying HoH can I keep ft·om crying Hhen I never 'spcct to be here any more. JOHN HANNAH - 11My Home Is in the Smoky Mountain" - contd I'm leaving here this Monday morning Leaving here this Monday morning Leaving here this Monday morning I never 'spect to be here any more. Good bye my little Thelma darling Bye my little The lrna dar ling Bye my little Thelma darling An' never 'spect t' be here any more. How can I keep from cryj_ng Hot-1 can I keep from crying How can I keep from crying When I never 'spect t' be here any more. J..-r VrJ"~ 1 1 "Though th' fA' ~art road ..;!..a-' rough and rocky Though th' road is rough and rocky Though th' road is rough and rocky I never 'spect to be here any more. Hov~ can I keep from crying Hail can I keep fr om e; ry ing How can I keep f rcm cr y i ng Hhen I never rspcc t ~ I I.. be here any BREAK more. ·~·~p:~ .. :c.·~rs~·~r)1t~fl~~;-~~·;·~·.,,.- ,~,; · · Joe Hall Tapes JOHN HANNAH, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing with guitar , Boston Girl I , v j rJt& I kil-t-· a girl in Boston town, a girl we all knew well And on one. Sunday afternoon, in her dear home I'd d\o7ell. Asked her for to take a walk, to walk a little ways That we may have our soul t' talk, and name our wedding day. We walked along we talked along, til came t' a shady place I drew a stick from under a tree, I knocked that poor girl down. Upon her bending knee to me, "Oh Lord have mercy" she cried "For heavens sake don't kill me now, for I'm unprepared to die." He did not heed her pleading, he only struck her more gore Until the ground around her, stood in a bloody /-----/ Hang on his finger her yaller hair, h~ threw her all around He threw her into the river, that flows through Boston town. I rode at father's house, at twelve o'clock that night. · My mother met me at the door, in such an aHful fright. "Hy son my son what have you done, that bloody hands an' clothes." The answer that I gave to her, was beating at the door. Asked her for a handkerchief, to bind my aching head And also a candle, to light me off to bed. I rolled I tumbled all night long, no slumber could I find. The thoughts of that poor Boston girl, \vere bearing on my mind. They took me on to /-----/, they bind me Boston jail. Of friends relations around me, no one would go my bail. JOHN HANNAH, - "Boston Girl - ,contd And now they're going to hang me, of this I hate to d·ie. They're going to hang me up so high, between the earth and sky. Boys take this warning, you must take this warning· too Don't ever let th' Devil get, th' upper hand on you. BREAK MARY ALICE PALMER, Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina - Reading a poem (very fast) Cataloochee I dare sing of Cataloochee valley Down the valley of the tall. But don't you think that "Cataloochee" Is the prettiest name of all. Named in an age long since forgotten In a musical ending tongue When Mother Nature formed the mountains Back when the world was young. Near the crest of the mighty Smokies Facing the morning sun It gushes forth so cold and sparkling Entering its race to run 1-----1 grow the fir and pine Leaving the crags in its way Tearing down to the sunlit valley Where there is room to play. Then in a dam where it joins the Pigeon Forced through a tunnel long But coming forth from the gloomy darkness Singing the same sweet song. BREAK 57) EDMUND THOMAS, Monteagle, Tennessee, and OSCAR DAUGHERTY - Singing with guitar accompaniment ' Pisapppinted in Ipye or Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine Falling in love I'm so lonely and blue Wish I had never known you Plans that we made have all vanished away Since you have proved you untrue. Wish I had never seen sunshine Then I would never been blue. Wish I had died as a baby So then I would never loved you. We were so happy, our plans were so bright What a bad taste that remain Though now I can't love you I s t i 11 ca 11 you mine I'd rather not hear your name. Wish I had never seen sunshine Then I would never been blue. Wish I had died as a baby So then I would never love you. You have a baby and I'm all alone That's why I'm lonely and blue. (Don't) teach her to hate me whatever you do Tell her that I love her true. THOMAS and DAUGHERTY - "Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine11 - contd Wish I had never seen sunshine Then I would never been blue. Wish I had died as a baby So then I would never love you. BREAK rage :w Mrs. WILL PALMER, Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing The Rambling Boy 1-----1 a rambling boy A many a city I've rambled through Along the city I rode my way And set my money at the ball and play. Oh there I married me a loving wife I loved her just as I love my life. I dressed her up so neat and gay She caused me to rob the old highway. I robbed her once I will declare. I robbed her once in Silen Square. I robbed her of ten thousand pounds All in the night when rambling around. My mother sets an' weeps an' mourns. My sister says she's all alone. My sweetheart sets in deep despair With diamond rings and curly hair. Oh now I'm gone don't tell it for joy. Oh now I'm gone don't sing it for joy. Oh now I'm gone don't tell it for joy. For this is the last of the rambling boy BREAK Mrs. WILL PALMER, Cataloochee, North Carolina - Singing - Very poor record Barbry Allen 1-----1 town where I was born There was a fair maid dwelling Made every youth say 11 I love you. 11 Her name was Barbry Allen. He sent his servant to th 1 town To tell her he was dying. I guess you've heard that. I can't get that right. (Indistinct talking) The very first word she said to him 11Young man I think you're dying. 11 110h Barbry rim sick I'm very sick "And death is in my dwelling "And I'm no better in love I be "Til I get Barbry Allen." Dont 1 you rem- 11Young man you're sick you're very sick ' / 11And death is in your dwelling 1 ~nd I'm no better in love you be "For- you 1 11 not get Barbry Allen. 11 BREAK (Very faulty recording) 1··- ---1 And slighted Barbry Allen. Mrs. WILL PALMER - "Barbry Allen" contd (Fading) She hadn't got more than a mile from town Til she heard the death bells ringinj' And every lick those death bells struck 'Twas woe to Barbry Allen. J Pray bring him here and laid him down That I may look upon him The more she looked the more she mourned . Til she burst out to crying "Oh father oh father go dig my grave "Dig it both deep and narrow "Sweet \Hlliam died for me today "And I'll die for him tomorrow." (Blank - thm indistinct) 1-----1 soft and mellow Sweet lHlliam died 1-----1 1-----1 1-----1 a rose s .... ,eet William's grave And a green vine by Barbra's. They growed him round an' they growed 1-----1 Th1til they could grow no higher • . Mrs. WILL PALMER - "Barbry Allen" - contd And they met and they tied in a true lovers knot ) · And the rose went around the brier. I know the tune I know I made so many baubles in it. BREAK Mrs. WILL PALMER, Cataloochee,. North Carolina - Singing The Drunkard's Doom I saw a man at early dawn stand around the grocery door. His eyes were sunk and his lips were parched And I viewed him more and more. I saw his little boy, a standing by his side Says "father, mother is home an' sick and sister cries for bread." He staggered up to the bar room door An' knocked as he done before And f~ltering unto the landlord said Just give me one glass more. The host obeyed at his request and he gave him just a bowl. He drank while wife and children starved and he ruined his own soul. !) One year elapsed I passed there by, a crowd stood a~ound th' door. I asked th' reason one replied "Th 1 drunkard is no more." I snw the hearse move slowly along, no wife no children there. They have gone before the murderer and have left this world of care. Come all your jolly dram drinkers fran this a warning take ) And quit the a•.vful flov~ ing bowl before it is too late. BREAK END of Side 2 Tape ends 2t 274.
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