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This CD features selections from well-known artists such as Don Grooms, Etta Baker, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and Jean Ritchie.

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More Music from the Florida Folklife Collection
MP3
1. Give A Poor Dog A Bone - Mary Smith McLain MP3Music
2. Somewhere to Lay My Head - Williams Singers MP3Music
3. I Believe - Don Grooms MP3Music
4. Butter Beans - Thelma Boltin and Tom Walton MP3Music
5. Lotus - Ann Yao MP3Music
6. Cuckoo Bird - Doc Watson and Merle Watson MP3Music
7. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker MP3Music
8. Vietnamese Folk Song - Pham Duy MP3Music
9. The Water is Wide - The Beers Family MP3Music
10. Kimballs’ Rachael - Amy Cox w/apprentice Bob Murphy MP3Music
11. We Are Going to Paint the Town - The Stanley Brothers MP3Music
12. Kind Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines MP3Music
13. Cruel Mother - Jeanie Fitchen MP3Music
14. Back in the Saddle Again - Jim Bob Tinsley MP3Music
15. Wellington’s Reel - James Kelly MP3Music
16. Nottamun Town - Jean Ritchie MP3Music
17. I Prayed Until I Found the Lord - Richard Williams, Lillie Williams, & Ella Mae Wilson MP3Music
18. Wayfaring Stranger - Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys MP3Music

Liner Notes
1. Give A Poor Dog A Bone - Mary Smith McLain

With Willie James and friends.
Recorded: 28 May 1993 by the Florida Folklife Program
1993 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, tape D93-6)
     
2.  

Somewhere to Lay My Head - Williams Singers

Recorded: 27 May 1988 by the Florida Folklife Program
1988 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T88-16)

       
3.  

I Believe - Don Grooms

Recorded: 28 May 1995 by Nancy Buchanan [Florida Folklife  Program]
1995 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, tape D95-36)

       
4.  

Butter Beans - Thelma Boltin and Tom Walton

Recorded: 24 May 1985 by the Florida Folklife Program
1985 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-1)

       
5.  

Lotus - Ann Yao

Recorded: 22 May 1992 by the Florida Folklife Program
1992 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T92-7)

       
6.  

Cuckoo Bird - Doc Watson and Merle Watson

Recorded: 30 April 1977 by the Florida Folklife Program
Performance at the Stephen Foster Center, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-281)

       
7.  

One Dime Blues - Etta Baker 

Recorded: 28 May 1994 by the Florida Folklife Program
1994 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida  
(S 1576, tape D94-28)

       
8.  

Vietnamese Folk Song - Pham Duy

Recorded: 6 May 1966 by the Stephen Foster Center
1966 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-158)

      
9.  

The Water is Wide - The Beers Family

Recorded: 4 May 1963 by the Stephen Foster Center
1963 Annual Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-143)

       
10.  

Kimballs’ Rachael - Amy Cox w/apprentice Bob Murphy

Her father, Gerry Cox, accompanied on guitar.
Recorded: 24 May 1991 by the Florida Folklife Program
1991 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T91-14)

       
11.  

We Are Going to Paint the Town - The Stanley Brothers

Recorded: 1985 from c.1958 radio transcription recording by the Florida Folklife Program
Performance on the Suwannee River Jamboree radio program, WNER, Live Oak, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-66)

       
12.  

Kind Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines

Recorded: 16 April 1977 by the Florida Folklife Program
Portable Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-277)

       
13.   Cruel Mother - Jeanie Fitchen

Recorded: 22 May 1992 by the Florida Folklife Program
1992 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T92-67)
       
14.  

Back in the Saddle Again - Jim Bob Tinsley

Recorded: 9 March 1984 by Nancy Nusz [Florida Folklife Program]
Performance at the Ocala Public Library, Ocala, Florida
Library Folklife Program
(S 1576, tape C84-10)

       
15.  

Wellington’s Reel - James Kelly

With George Phillips on guitar.
Recorded: 22 May 1992 by the Florida Folklife Program
1992 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T92-67)

       
16.   Nottamun Town - Jean Ritchie

Recorded: 1976 by the Florida Folklife Program
Performance at the Stephen Foster Center, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-262)
   
17.  

I Prayed Until I Found the Lord - Richard Williams, Lillie Williams, & Ella Mae Wilson

Recorded: 16 March 1980 by Dwight Devane [Florida Folklife Program]
Performance at Richard William’s home, Newberry, Florida
Florida Record Project
(S1576, reel T83-65)

       
18.  

Wayfaring StrangerBill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Recorded: 29 May 1993 by the Florida Folklife Program 1993
Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage), White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, tape D93-25)

       

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