These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Man-woman relationships; Love; Dance; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Separation (Psychology); Social classes; Gentry; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
Romanies; Dance; Alcoholic beverages; Memory; Nature; Life; Queens; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Toasts; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
A person remembers their early life of being a gypsy and toasting the Queen.