Leadbelly and His Windjammer: Examining the African American Button Accordion Tradition
1994; University of Illinois Press; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3052520
ISSN1945-2349
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
ResumoDe white folk 'low dem to have de frolic with de fiddle or banjo or windjammer. Dey dance out on de grass, forty or fifty nigger, and dem big girls nineteen year old git out dere barefoot as de goose. It jes' de habit of de times, 'cause dey all have shoes. Sometimes dey call de jig dance and some of dem sho' dance it, too. De prompter ca[n] dance it, too. De prompter call, All git ready. Den he holler, All Balance,' and den he sing out, Swing your pardner,' and dey does it. Den he say All promenade, and dey goes in de circle. One thing dey calls, Bird in de Cage. Three join hands round de gal in de middle, and dance round her, and den she git out and her pardner git in the center and dey dance awhile.'
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