Work hard, play hard, pray hard : hard time, good time & end time music, 1923-1936.

Author

Earl McCoy

Call Number

• COMPACT DISC COUNTRY/FOLK (CEN)

Performers

Various performers.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Tompkins Square, p2012.

Physical Description

3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([64] p. : ill.).

Notes

Old-time music.

Title from container.

Originally released as 78 rpm discs, principally from the collection of Don Wahle, Louisville, Ky.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Nathan Salsburg, Amanda Petrusich, Sarah Bryan, and John Jeremiah Sullivan ([64] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Contents

• John Henry the steel drivin' man Poor man, rich man (Cotton mill colic no. 2 I've got the chain store blues The farmer is the man who feeds them all The farmer's dream When the roses bloom again for the bootlegger Jerry, go ile that car Flat wheel train blues, parts 1 & 2 Driving saw logs on the Plover All bound down in Texas Poor boy long ways from home Diamond Joe Work don't bother me Soldier's joy Fourth of July at the country fair McDonald's farm Barnyard frolic Home brew rag Corn-shucking party in Georgia The beer party Charleston rag Tennessee coon hunt Too tight rag Cheat 'em Hide away The preacher got drunk and laid down his Bible You've got to stop drinking shine Climbing the golden stairs Oh declare his glory Easter Day I'm S-A-V-E-D Way to glory land You must be a lover of the Lord The gambler's dying words I'm on my way Leave it there Where we'll never grow old If the light has gone out of your soul When the moon drips away into the blood Beyond the starry plane My Christian friends in bonds of love