In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
Love; Man-woman relationships; Social classes; Sailors; Marriage; Parental acceptance; Male impersonators; Parent and child; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
Woman impersonates a sailor to steal away with her love
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: caricature of an African American couple embracing, as an African American male stands by staring at them; photo insets of the African American composer/singers in blackface; description reads ""the swell coon laughing success""