The Drunkard's child [sound recording].
McCready, John A., performer.
Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector.
Ferrell, J. W. The drunkard's child.
sound recording
Field recordings. lcgft
Songs. lcgft
eng
Inscribed on dust jacket by Sidney Robertson Cowell: "The occasional barks serve to immortalize a lady named Toots, a fine police dog who made the trip down the Yukon as a young dog--two thousand miles in an open boat. She is occasionally loaned to me as camp guardian on field trips. She became a familiar figure in Columbia, Groveland, and Big Oak Flat and was referred to once: 'That's the lady-about-the-old-songs' (songses) dog." The song is version of "The Drunkard's child" by J. W. Ferrell.
John McCready, unaccompanied vocals.
Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Groveland, California on August 2, 1939.
Forms part of a group of field materials documenting John McCready performing Anglo-American songs on July 31, August 2, and August 5, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Groveland, Tuolumne County, California.
Ballads, English.
Songs, English--California--Groveland.
Temperance--Songs and music.
W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection
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