Hubert Brady performing Anglo-American songs,
July, 1939

Sound recordings: In English.

Comprises a group of field materials documenting Hubert Brady performing unaccompanied Anglo-American songs on July 18 and 31, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California. Includes songs sung during the California Gold Rush era.

Recordings:

July 18:
The Captain with his whiskers
Aunt Jemima's plaster

July 31:
I'm old but I'm awfully tough

Hubert Brady portrait

Hubert Brady is the son of a 49er, was born in Columbia, and has spent all his life there.

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