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Introduction (To accompany Reels 405-406); Songs, tales and riddles of Mrs. T. M. Davis

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Rhodes, James

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Song, Tales, and Riddles Of Mrs. T.M. Davis Reels 405-406 Prepared by James R. Rhodes Spring Semester, 1962To accompany Reels 405-406 It has been my pleasure during the months of March and April to collect the songs, riddles, and tales enclosed in this book from Mrs. T. M. Davis of Fayetteville, Arkansas. When I first decided to call on Mrs. Davis, I did not know what kind of person I would meet but any doubts I may have had soon disappeared after our first meeting. Mrs. Davis was a charming, polite, little lady who was always willing to give up her time to help with this collection. Her childhood was completely different than anything we can imagine today, yet I believe it was a childhood to be envied. To be able to grow up where tall takes and singing was the main source of recreation must have been a wonderful experience. Most of the songs in this collection are the songs that Mrs. Davis learned from her father, John L. Smith, who was a "Free Will" Baptist minister. Some of her father's songs were called "brush arbor white spirituals." They derived this name after Mr. Smith moved to Felkertown, Arkansas. This town was located six miles from Ozark, Arkansas. Her father built a "brush arbor" which is a shelter made from tree limbs weaved together and used this for his church because of a church dispute. One of the main characteristics of these songs is that the words, father, mother,...
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Rhodes, James R.
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1962
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. Bible
  2. Country Life
  3. Folk Medicine
  4. Music
  5. Nature
  6. Religion
  7. Reports
  8. Rural Life
  9. Scripture
  10. St. Clair County, Missouri, Iconium, Rural Life, Church, Ozark, Free Will Baptists, Brush Arbor, Ozark Mountains, Felker Town, Singing, Weather, Marritom Mountain, Folk Medicine
  11. Weather

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