Thank you for posting the scan of the notes, Jeff. It is helpful.
John:
After looking over the writing on the sleeves, I have more questions than answers, which isn't difficult, since I have no answers. Here are links to the sleeves:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000722
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000723
n.b. The handwritten title of the song, "My Pore Mother Keeps A-prayin' for Me," is "My Old Mother Keeps On Prayin,'" on the sleeve. However "poor" is what is sung. I could find no indication that "pore" was an accepted variant spelling of "poor," so why was it spelled that way in the title?
The Lomaxs' had field notes that have been transcribed:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000855/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1939001.afc1939001_fn0001/?st=gallery
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/afc/afc1939001/afc1939001_fn0001/afc1939001_fn0001.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/southern-mosaic/history.html
I'd be interested to know if the original handwritten notes are extant. They might contain additional information that the Lomaxs did not include in the typed version.
And there are other songs with Wallace Chains and Sylvester Jones:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000065/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000067/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000071/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000072/
Edit the above as you see fit.
Stuart
John:
After looking over the writing on the sleeves, I have more questions than answers, which isn't difficult, since I have no answers. Here are links to the sleeves:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000722
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000723
n.b. The handwritten title of the song, "My Pore Mother Keeps A-prayin' for Me," is "My Old Mother Keeps On Prayin,'" on the sleeve. However "poor" is what is sung. I could find no indication that "pore" was an accepted variant spelling of "poor," so why was it spelled that way in the title?
The Lomaxs' had field notes that have been transcribed:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000855/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1939001.afc1939001_fn0001/?st=gallery
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/afc/afc1939001/afc1939001_fn0001/afc1939001_fn0001.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/southern-mosaic/history.html
I'd be interested to know if the original handwritten notes are extant. They might contain additional information that the Lomaxs did not include in the typed version.
And there are other songs with Wallace Chains and Sylvester Jones:
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000065/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000067/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000071/
https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000072/
Edit the above as you see fit.
Stuart