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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
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Item Title
Hurricane
Alternate Title(s)
God Moves on the Water
Author/Creator
Performer: Brown, James Jr.
Performer: Bass, Walter Van; banjo
Performer: Bass, Ned Hugh; guitar
Created/Published
July 1940
Notes
duration: 3 minutes, 58 seconds
A ballad sung by African Americans in South Florida. It commemorates the Miami Hurricane of 1926.
Subjects
African Americans
British Americans
vocals with banjo and guitar
Ethnography
Music
Ballads
Disaster ballads
Caruja Ranch
Kenansville, Florida
Osceola County
Object Type
Related Names
Collector: Corse, Carita Doggett
Collector: Cornwall, Robert
Speaker: Brown, James
Medium
sound recording
Language
English
Call Number
AFS 3898A:1
Part of
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
Digital ID
afcflwpa 3898a1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3898a1