914 - KING KONG KITCHIE

JEAN JENKINS -1-

Mountain Songs & Dances

A lively collection of American folk-songs & dance-tunes with banjo accompaniment. Because of her strong socialist convictions, Jean came to England in 1956 and Peter Kennedy recorded her family songs, from Franklin County, Vermont, in April 1957, at a time when they were still fresh in her mind. She was for a time married to the Trade Union leader, Clive Jenkins. She became a qualified ethno-musicologist and worked for many years as an Assistant Curator at The Horniman Museum in South London. She will be remembered for a number of radio broadcasts after her tireless recording trips to many African and Asian countries and her important series on the Music of Islam.

1. KING KONG KITCHIE (Frog Song - Version 1) - 3'52"

2. RISSELTY RASSELTY - 1'06"

3. THE PAPER OF PINS - 1'08"

4. SOLDIER, SOLDIER, WON'T YOU MARRY ME ? - 1'44"

5. THE SOW TOOK THE MEASLES - 0'51"

6. THE YOUNG MAN WHO WOULDN'T HOE CORN - 0'55"

7. ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN - 1'11"

8. FROGGIE WENT A-COURTIN' (Frog Song Version 2) - 2'18"

9. THE OLD WOMAN AND THE PIG - 1'57"

10. CHARMING BILLY - 1'11"

11. I'M GOING TO TELL GOD HOW YOU TREAT ME - 1'08"

12. PERRY MERRY DIXTON - 1'30"

13. WHEN I WAS SINGLE - 0'59"

14. I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN - 1'16"

15. THE FIT IS ON ME NOW (Unacc) - 1'08"

16. Dance Songs: SKIP TO MY LOU - 1'04"

17. CINDY - 1'04"

18. BLACK-EYED SUSIE - 0'58"

19. JUBILEE - 1'06"

20. THAT LONESOME VALLEY - 1'24"

21. CAROLINE OF EDINBURGH TOWN - 3'10"

22. THE STATE OF ARKANSAS (with speech in song: Charlie Brennan) - 2'19"

23. THREE NIGHTS DRUNK (The Cuckold's Song) 1'55"

24. ROSE CONNOLLY (unacc)(Down in the Willow Garden) - 1'05"

25. RAGGLE-TAGGLE GYPSY - 2'07"

26. JOHN HARDY - 2'00"

27. LOVE IS PLEASING (unacc) - 1'47"

28. COME AND I WILL SING YOU (The Twelve Apostles) - 4'51"

29. Words of last verse of previous song spoken - 0'36"

30. OMIE WISE (unacc) - 1'56"

31. Dance Songs: SARO JANE/ SKIP TO MY LOU/ BLACK-EYED SUSIE - 1'59"

32. Talk about dances - 0'21"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy, London 1957. First published on Folktrax Cassettes 1976.

Recorded by Peter Lennedy, London 1957. Edited by Peter Kennedy & first published on Folktrax cassettes 1976.