June 19, 2021

Adelaide Van Wey: All Day Singin' - Louisiana and Smoky Mountain Ballads

Folkways Records – FA 2009
Folkways Records – FA 2009

Format: Vinyl, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Cajun & Zydeco
[Tracklist]
A1 All Day Singin' (2:12)
A2 The Cheat (1:47)
A3 Birdie (2:34 A4 The Blackbird And The Crow (1:38)
B1 Tan Patate - La Tchuite (2:33)
B2 Fais Do Do (2:20)
B3 En Avant Grenadie (2:17)
B4 Mon Cher Sabin (2:25)
B5 Gue Gue Solngale (2:23)
[Credits]
Adelaide Van Wey (vocals) Mr. Hill (guitar/zither)
Producer: Moses Asch
[Notes]
On this collection, Adelaide Van Wey juxtaposes the Anglo-American ballads of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina with songs from French Creole Louisiana. As the title track enjoins, "Bring along your fiddle and guitar too; come along Mary, oh, come along, do!"

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