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Field Recordings, The W.C. Johnson Family

Listed below are the folk song variants performed by the W.C. Johnson family of Vale, NC. Recorded by Dr. Abrams, who along with his with his wife Lillian sometimes sang with the Johnson family, these songs are now presented as part of the Dr. W. Amos Abrams Collection. Also, the Johnson family often performed under the name the Hubbard Family. This instances are explained by Dr. Abrams in the audio files.

"Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" - Lillian Abrams and Cullen Johnson

"Amazing Grace" - Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

"Community Sing" - Hubbard Family

"A Fine Old English Gentleman" - W.C. Johnson

"Froggy Went Courting" - Mace Johnson

"Home Sweet Home" - Hubbard Brothers

"The Hubbards Talk" - W.C. Johnson Family

"I Love You Truly" - Mrs. Lillian Abrams and Cullen Johnson

"I Need Jesus" - Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

"John Brown's Body" - W.C. Johnson Family

"Little White Rose" - Mace and Cullen Johnson

"Medley of College Songs" - W.C. Johnson Family

"The Miller's Will" - W.C. Johnson

"Nothing But the Blood of Jesus" - Mrs. W.C. Johnson

"Our Goodman" - Mace Johnson

"Picture on the Wall" - Johnson Family

"Pretty, Pretty Pansies" - W.C. Johnson

"Rambling Rambles and Jumbled Jambles" - The W.C. Johnson Family

"Shall We Gather at the River" - W.C. Johnson Family

"She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain" - Mace and Evelyn Johnson

"Silly Sallies" - W.C. Johnson Family

"Turkey in the Straw" - W.C. Johnson Family

 


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