Recorded by Mike Yates July/August 1979 and August/September 1980;
Notes by Mike Yates

Tracks

Side 1

1. Pug Allen: Oh, Come See Me When You Can (Roud 4947) (1.45)
2. Cas Wallin: The Little Soldier (Roud 321; Laws M27) (1.50)
3. Dellie Norton: Oh, Lord, Ellie (Roud 3602) (0.55)
4. Ed Weaver: Cluck Old Hen (Roud 4235) (1.50)
5. Dan Tate: Bugerboo (Roud 558/1118; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495) (1.13)
6. Dent Wimmer, Sam Connor: Don’t Get Trouble in Mind (1.41)
7. Dellie Norton: Silk Merchant’s Daughter (Roud 420) (2.00)
8. Dent Wimmer: Half Shaved Nigger:yes (0.57)
9. Dan Tate, Pug Allen: Cindy / Nigger Trader Boatman (2.08)
10. Eunice Yeatts Alexander: The Three Little Babes (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.32)
11. Sam Connor: Massa Run Away (1.00)
12. Dan Tate: Little Fisherman (Roud 149) (1.06)
13. Charlie Woods: Cripple Creek / Shooting Creek (1.58)
14. Pug Allen: Christmas Holiday (2.08)

Side 2

15. William Marshall: Pretty Little Girl (1.12)
16. Dan Tate: Once I Lived in Old Virginia (Roud 3396) (1.30)
17. Rob Tate: Old Corn Liquor (0.49)
18. Dellie Norton: Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (1.27)
19. Ted Boyd: Sally Gooden (Roud 739) (1.54)
20. Cas Wallin: The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (1.55)
21. Sherman Wimmer: Hounds in the Horn (1.16)
22. Evelyn Ramsey: The Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578) (3.09)
23. Walt Davis: Russian Roulette (1.40)
24. Cas Wallin: Jerusalem Mourn (Roud 4945) (2.48)
25. Walt Davis: Banjo Clog (1.24)
26. Walt Davis: Graveyard Blues (Roud 4946) (4.10)
27. Walt Davis: White Oak Stomp (1.31)

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Recorded by Mike Yates 1979, 1980 and 1983;
Notes by Mike Yates;
Front cover photograph of Pug Allen and Ed Weaver by Paul Brown;
Other photographs by Mike Yates

Tracks

Side 1

1. Pug Allen: Up Jumped the Devil (2.30)
2. Dellie Norton: Little Sparrow (Roud 451) (1.13)
3. Pug Allen & Ed Weaver: My Man Will Be Home Some Old Day (1.27)
4. Stanley Hicks: Here Goes a Bluebird (Roud 7700) (0.58)
5. Mitchel Hopson: Snowbird on the Ashbank (1.20)
6. Dan Tate: Muck on my Heel / Molly Van (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.00)
7. Tommy Jarrell: Roundtown Gals (1.37)
8. Garrett Arwood & Norah Arwood: Poison in a Glass of Wine (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.36)
9. Benton Flippen: Gary Dawson’s Tune (1.38)
10. Dellie Norton: Little Honey (Roud 7701) (1.06)
11. Sam Connor: Dance All Night With the Fiddler’s Gal (1.05)
12. Stanley Hicks: Down the Road (Roud 3429) (1.32)
13. Robert Sykes & The Surry County Boys: Paddy on the Turnpike (2.48)

Side 2

14. Robert Sykes & The Surry County Boys: Black-Eyed Susan (2.08)
15. Doug Wallin: The Time Draws Near (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (1.51)
16. John Hobson & The Glen Ayre Ramblers: Brown’s Dream (2.10)
17. Stanley Hicks: Riddles & Where’s the Ox At? (2.53)
18. Tommy Jarrell: Train on the Island (1.45)
19. Garret Arwood & Norah Arwood: Shady Grove (Roud 4456) (2.06)
20. William Marshall: Back-Step Cindy (0.48)
21. Virgie Wallin: The Worrysome Woman (Roud 179; Child 248; Henry H699) (2.40)
22. Dent Wimmer: Baby-O (Roud 826) (1.26)
23. Cas Wallin: We’ll Camp a Little While in the Wilderness (Roud 7699) (2.29)
24. Benton Flippen & The Smokey Valley Boys: Cotton-Eyed Joe (3.48)

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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

Volume 1

Pug Allen, fiddle, banjo

1. Beano (2.44)
2. Christmas Holiday (3.05)
3. Cluck Old Hen (Roud 4235) (1.45)
4. My Man Will Be Home Some Old Day (1.31)
5. Fire in the Mountains (2.53)

Dan Tate

6. Bugerboo (Roud 558/1118; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495) (1.21)
7. Cindy (Roud 836) (1.36)
8. Fish on a Hook (Roud 752) / Walk Jawbone (Roud 7728) (1.14)
9. Roustabout (Roud 16965) (0.56)
10. The Wind and Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (1.47)
11. The Devil’s Grandmother (Roud 437) (1.44)

Sam Connor, fiddle, and Dent Wimmer, banjo

12. Massa Run Away (1.05)
13. Rickett’s Hornpipe (1.10)
14. Don’t Get Trouble in Mind (1.39)
15. Pig in the Pen (2.12)
16. Western Country (1.36)
17. Baby-O (1.31)
18. Cumberland Gap (1.28)
19. Half-Shaved Nigger (0.56)
20. Salt Creek (1.22)
21. Georgia Buck (1.19)

Eunice Yeatts McAlexander

22. Little Massie Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (3.50)
23. Wild Hog in the Woods (Roud 29; Child 18) (2.31)
24. The Miller’s Will (Roud 138; Laws Q21; G/D 3:703) (2.32)
25. Over the River to Charlie (Roud 729; G/D 1:135) (0.50)
26. The Cruel Sister (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.55)

Howard Hall, banjo & William Marshall, fiddle

27. Pretty Little Girl (1.24)
28. Back-Step Cindy (0.50)
29. Polly in the Kitchen (0.51)

Ted Boyd, banjo

30. Sweet Sunny South (1.39)
31. Mississippi Sawyer (1.59)
32. Sally Gooden (1.54)
33. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (1.51)

Dan Tate

34. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (1.06)
35. Old Grey Goose (Roud 3619) (0.49)
36. Lightning and Thunder (Roud 32572) (1.12)
37. Little Fisherman (Roud 149) (1.12)
38. Muck on my Heel / Molly Van (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.04)

Eunice Yeatts McAlexander

39. It’s Hard to Love (Roud 824) (1.09)
40. The Three Little Babes (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.38)
41. I Know a Pretty Little Girl (Roud 11327) (1.33)
42. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (5.07)

Volume 2

Calvin & Viola Cole, banjo and vocals

1. Fall on my Knees (1.22)
2. Molly Put the Kettle On (Roud 7899) (1.11)
3. It Rained, It Mist (Roud 73; Child 155) (2.20)

Charlie Woods, banjo

4. Cripple Creek & Shooting Creek (2.02)
5. Chilly Winds (1.12)
6. Hog Patch Hill (1.02)
7. Pretty Girl Down the Road (1.09)

Dan Tate, vocals, banjo

8. Old Dan Tucker (Roud 390) (0.57)
9. Old Mister Rabbit (Roud 8081) (1.41)
10. Once I Lived in Old Virginia (Roud 3396) (1.35)
11. Sugar Hill (Roud 3432) (0.44)
12. The Sailor’s Song (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (1.38)
13. Who’s On the Way? (Roud 8080) (1.05)

Rob Tate, banjo

14. Fortune (1.19)
15. Piper’s Gap (0.51)

Sherman Wimmer, fiddle

16. Hounds in the Horn (1.22)

Stella Kimble & Pearl Richardson

17. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (2.18)

Pug Allen, fiddle

18. Take a Drink on Me (1.45)
19. McKinley (2.16)
20. Up Jumped the Devil (2.32)
21. Nigger Trader Boatman (1.58)
22. Gold Rush (2.40)

Stanley Hicks, vocals, fretless banjo

23. Sourwood Mountain banjo tune (2.05)
24. Groundhog (Roud 3125) (2.27)
25. The Arishman and the Squirrel story (1.35)
26. Down the Road (Roud 3429) (1.37)
27. Here Goes a Bluebird (Roud 7700) (0.52)
28. Riddles & Where’s the Ox At? (2.52)
29. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (1.28)
30. Sourwood Mountain (Roud 754) (2.10)

Evelyn & Douston Ramsey

31. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Roud 262; Laws P1b; G/D 5:1059; Henry H188) (3.30)
32. Little Margaret (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (2.43)
33. The Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578) (3.17)
34. Somebody’s Tall and Handsome (Roud 761) (1.01)
35. The Truelover’s Farewell (Roud 422) (2.36)
36. The Truelover’s Warning (Roud 711; Laws G21) (3.55)
37. Tom Dooley (Roud 4192; Laws F36A) (3.30)
38. Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand (Roud 16987) (2.51)

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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

Volume 3

Morris Allen

1. Oh Come See Me When You Can (Roud 4947) (0.19)

Paul Brown, vocals, banjo

2. Red Clay Country (Roud 16966) (3.18)

Doug Wallin, vocals, fiddle, and Berzilla Wallin

3. Conversation about Cecil Sharp / A Bed of Primroses (Roud 280; Laws Q27) (3.35)
4. Brother Green (Roud 3395) (1.03)
5. The Carlisle Lady (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (3.42)
6. Shoot that Turkey Buzzard (0.56)
7. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.51)
8. Tom Dula (Roud 4192; Laws F36A) (2.31)
9. McKinley (Roud 787) (1.37)

Hattie Presnell

10. Jack and the King’s Chest story (1.29)

Garrett & Norah Arwood

11. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.57)
12. The Butcher’s Boy (Roud 409; Laws P24) (2.17)
13. Poison in a Glass of Wine (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.42)
14. Shady Grove (Roud 4456) (2.12)

Doug Wallin

15. Fair Eleanor and Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (2.25)
16. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.25)
17. Little Willie (Roud 3606) (1.17)
18. Liza Jane (Roud 825) (1.20)
19. The Murder of Colonel Sharp (Roud 4100; Laws F38) (2.37)
20. The Youthful Warning (Roud 711; Laws G21) (1.46)
21. The Time Draws Near (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (1.57)

Vergie Wallin

22. The Worrisome Woman (Roud 179; Child 248; Henry H699) (2.50)

Walt Davis, vocals, banjo, guitar & Jay C McCool, guitar

23. Graveyard Blues (Roud 4946) (4.14)
24. Banjo Clog (1.31)
25. Power in the Blood (1.35)
26. Russian Roulette (1.48)
27. White Oak Stomp (1.38)

Cas Wallin

28. Lord Daniel (Roud 52; Child 81) (4.14)
29. Camp a Little While in the Wilderness (Roud 7699) (2.34)
30. Some Have Father’s Gone to Glory (Roud 4213) (3.26)
31. The Preacher’s Song (Roud 6984) (2.57)
32. Jerusalem Mourn (Roud 4945) (2.43)

Volume 4

Benton Flippen, banjo

1. Garry Dawson’s Tune (1.43)
2. Let Me Fall (1.25)
3. June Apple (1.42)
4. Cotton-Eyed Joe (3.50)

Dellie Norton & Inez Chandler

5. Little Honey (Roud 7701) (1.08)
6. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (1.33)
7. Little Betty Ann (Roud 5720) (1.54)
8. Little Sparrow (Roud 451) (1.17)
9. Oh, Lord, Ellie (Roud 3602) (1.02)
10. The Silkmerchant’s Daughter (Roud 420) (2.07)

Tommy Jarrell, fiddle

11. Devil in the Strawstack (1.08)
12. Roundtown Gals (1.42)
13. Train on the Island (1.46)

Hattie Presnell

14. Cuckle Pea and His Sister story (3.13)

Mitchel Hopson, fiddle

15. Snowbird on the Ashbank (1.24)

Cas Wallin

16. Fair Ellender and Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (5.25)
17. The Little Soldier (Roud 321; Laws M27) (1.57)
18. Pretty Fair Miss All in the Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (2.35)
19. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.00)
20. Hesitation Blues (Roud 11765) (1.41)

John Hopson, fiddle

21. Brown’s Dream (2.14)

Ethel Birchfield

22. The Arishmen Learning to Talk story (2.00)
23. Big Horny and Little Horny story (7.02)
24. Granster and Nippy story (12.08)

Robert Sykes, fiddle

25. Black-Eyed Susie (2.11)
26. Paddy on the Turnpike (2.51)

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Musical Traditions booklet notes by Mike Yates and Rod Stradling

Tracks

Volume 5

William Marshall, fiddle & Howard Hall, banjo

1. Train on the Island (1.15)
2. Polly Put the Kettle On (Roud 7899) (1.11)
3. Fortune (Roud 4625) (1.13)

Dan Tate

4. Groundhog (Roud 3125) (1.06)
5. Poor Ellen Smith (Roud 448; Laws F11) (1.33)

Ted Boyd, banjo

6. Pig in the Pen (Roud 13144) (1.50)

Pug Allen, fiddle

7. Soldier’s Joy (1.24)

Sam Connor, fiddle

8. Ten Little Indians (Roud 4618) (1.28)
9. Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (Roud 6389) (1.33)

Stella & Taylor Kimble

10. Troubles (Roud 24555) (1.33)

Dan Tate

11. Waggoner’s Boy (Roud 414) (1.03)
12. Sally Ann (Roud 3652) (0.29)

Robert L. Tate, banjo

13. SallyAnn (Roud 3652) / Old Molly Hare (Roud 7781) / Baby-O (Roud 826) (2.37)
14. Down by the Stillhouse (1.00)

Pug Allen, fiddle

15. Turkey in the Straw (Roud 4247) (1.53)
16. Sally Gooden (Roud 739) (1.25)

Morris Norton

17. Dicky Said to Johnny (Roud 17; Laws L4; G/D 2:186; Henry H185) / Mirandy (3.24)

Tommy Jarrell, fiddle

18. Sail Away Ladies (Roud 17635) (1.15)
19. Say Darling Say (Roud 470) (2.16)

Doug Wallin

20. The Little Mohee (Roud 275; Laws H8; Henry H836) (2.24)
21. Pretty Fair Miss All in the Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (2.33)

Charlie Woods, bajo, fiddle

22. Cindy (Roud 836) (1.29)
23. Eighth of January / Green Mountain Polka (2.14)
24. Walking in the Parlour (1.29)

Eunice Yeatts McAlexander

25. The Preacher and the Bear (Roud 4967) (2.07)

Pug Allen, fiddle

26. Old Joe Clark (Roud 3594) (2.43)
27. Bull Durham (2.13)
28. Fisher’s Hornpipe (2.21)

Inez Chandler

29. The Leaves Are Green (Roud 3103) (1.29)
30. Daddy Had a Billy Goat (Roud 4574) (1.12)

Benton Flippen, banjo

31. Cripple Creek (Roud 3434) (1.43)
32. Lonesome Road Blues (Roud 4958) (1.37)

Robert L. Tate

33. The Lawson Family Murder (Roud 697; Laws F35) (2.07)

Mitchel Hopson, banjo

34. Shout Little Lula (Roud 4202) (0.47)

Doug Wallin

35. Let Her Go, Let Her Go (Roud 6527) (1.32)
36. Darling Cora (Roud 5723) (1.47)

Walt Davis, guitar, banjo & J C McCool, guitar

37. Under the Double Eagle (1.22)
38. Whistling Rufus (Roud 5065) (1.15)
39. Wildwood Flower (Roud 757) (1.04)
40. Silver Bells (1.10)
41. Bully of the Town (Roud 4182) (1.43)

Evelyn & Douston Ramsey

42. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (Roud 15755) (3.09)

Benton Flippen, fiddle & Friends

43. Breaking up Christmas (Roud 20153) (3.57)

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