02482njd a22005177a 4500 19661916 20250607075327.6 sd dmsennii||b 920617s1939 caufmnn eng 19661916 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-990, LCAPM-893 2017701513 42E A Sidney Robertson Cowell 19390802 (DLC-AFC)afc92000250 DLC eng dacs DLC AFC 1940/001: AFS 3351 A McCready, John A., performer. Lorena [sound recording]. First line of song: Way down on the old plantation 1939. on 1 side of 1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in. performed music prm rdacontent audio s rdamedia audio disc sd rdacarrier This song, popular during the Civil War, is a version of "Lorena" with words by Henry De Lafayette Webster and music by Joseph Philbrick Webster. 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. Love songs. Popular music United States To 1901. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Songs and music. Field recordings. lcgft Songs. lcgft Music. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026952 Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector. Webster, Henry de Lafayette, 1824-1896. Lorena. Webster, Joseph Philbrick, 1819-1875. Lorena. Forms part of: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection (DLC) 2005700333 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc1940001 afc1940001_a3351a1 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1940001.afc1940001_a3351a1 afc/1940001 afc/cowellsound songamerica