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Audio Recording James Bird James Bird

About this Item

Title

  • James Bird

Other Title

  • James Bird

Names

  • Ford, Ward H., performer.
  • Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector.

Created / Published

  • 1938.

Headings

  • -  Erie, Lake, Battle of, 1813--Songs and music
  • -  Songs, English--California--Central Valley
  • -  United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations--Songs and music

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Dust jacket notes: The second of two last verses on 4202 A1 is "defective." The "corrected" version is on AFS 4202 A2.
  • -  Song depicts story of James Bird who distinguished himself for bravery on Lake Erie when Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry won a decisive battle against the British during the War of 1812. Bird was wounded, left the fleet for a time, and later was shot as a deserter.
  • -  Warde Ford, unaccompanied vocals.
  • -  Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938.
  • -  Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Warde Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December 25, 26, and 27, 1938 and September 4, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley], Shasta County, California.

Medium

  • on 2 bands of 1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

Source Collection

  • Forms part of: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017700883

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit Line

W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection (AFC 1940/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Cowell, Sidney Robertson, Collector. James Bird. performeds by Ford, Ward H 1938. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017700883/.

APA citation style:

Cowell, S. R. (1938) James Bird. Ford, W. H., performer [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017700883/.

MLA citation style:

Cowell, Sidney Robertson, Collector. James Bird. performer by Ford, Ward H 1938. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017700883/>.