Ol' Man Satan
Drive Ol' Satan Away
Gordon, Robert Winslow
Recordist
Mann, Mary C.
Singer
sound recording-musical
Library of Congress
1978
English
sound recording
access
2 cylinder recordings
reformatted digital
general
Robert Winslow Gordon Cylinder Collection.
April 12, 1926.
According to Gordon, "This song was a favorite with Amelia, a slave brought to this country prior to 1800 from the island of Madagascar. She taught it to her grand-daughter, Violet, and she in turn taught it to her granddaughter, Mary, from whom I obtained it. Amelia was one of a number of slaves captured by the British in the war of 1812 and taken to Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, whence she never returned. She must, therefore, have sung the song prior to this time."
This song was published on the Library of Congress long playing record, "Folk-Songs of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection," in 1978, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Archive of Folk Culture.
Spirituals
African Americans
Georgia
Folk songs--United States
AFC 1928/002 (cyl. A347-8, Item GA124)
74101
200196567
ihas
74101
songamerica
Song of America
Song of America
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/songofamerica/songofamerica-home.html
soa_GA
Georgia - Song of America
soa_southeast
Southeast
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://www.loc.gov/performingarts
American Folklife Center
DLC
IHAS
141210
loc.natlib.ihas.200196567