Bernard, Frederick Robert, 1850-1922; University of Mississippi -- Alumni and alumnae; University of Mississsippi -- History; Medical students; Families -- Louisiana
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photos of African American performers Williams & Walker staring at a drawing of a strange creature with large eyes; ""music supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, May 12, 1901""
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...
Sailors; Sailing; Sins; Religion; Faith; God; Providence and government of God; Praise of God; Desire for God; Worship; Allegory; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
A song asking sailors to let God be their captain.