Songs the People Sing : Richard Dyer-Bennet
Wednesday, February 14, 1945
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The sounds of a city and a nation are captured through nearly a century of transformations, tribulations, and triumphs.
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Program 36.
Richard Dyer-Bennet performs songs that represent the background of the American musical heritage.
Rundown: "Aunt Rhody"
"Ballad of the Soldier of the Lady"
"Swapping Song"
"Feign Would I Wed Fair Young Maid"
"Hullabaloo Belay"
unnamed Irish song from Illinois
"Dinah and Villikens"
unnamed song about blinding people with eggs and marrow
"Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair"
"The Cruelty of Barbara Allen"
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 72610
Municipal archives id: LT5372
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