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Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Pete Seeger [?] at Herman Wright's house, 1948

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: porper_001

Scope and Contents

Contents include: Side A: "Big Rock Candy Mountain," "The Rambler" performed by Cisco Houston; "Ramblin' Reckless Hobo," "Railroad Bill" performed by Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie; "Jesse James" performed by Woody Guthrie; "When Death Has Closed My Eyelids," "Way up in Heaven," "What Did the Deep Sea Say," "You Want to Get to Heaven This Morning," "Travelin' through Birmingham," "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad," fiddle and guitar, performed by... Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston; "John Henry," "Blow the Candles Out," "John Hardy," "Cowboy and Devil" performed by Cisco Houston; Side B: "Name of the Rat is Franco," "Listen Mr. Thomas," "Hoover, Dewey, and Westbrook Pegler," "Henry Wallace Man," "Don McCann to a Foreign Man" performed by Cisco Houston; "Glory Glory Hallelujah," "Jim Crow Hallelujah I'm a Travelin'," "The Donkey Tired and Thin,"You're Going to Vote for Wallace," "Spread It on the Ground," "John Hardy" performed by Pete Seeger; "Tell Me Where Are You Going" performed by Cisco Houston; "Joe Hill" fiddle Woody Guthrie, vocal Houston and Guthrie; "Bath My Back," "El Rancho Grande," Guthrie talking, "Which Side Are You On" performed by Woody Guthrie; "Hoover and Dewey and Westbrook Pegler" performed Cisco Houston.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1948

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Extent

From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (2 boxes and an oversized box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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