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1984-RR-339 cont.

LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: C. Ware
REEL NUMBER: 3 of 5
STAGE: Aging Workshop
DATE: 6/27/84
PRESENTOR: M. Hufford
GROUP NAME: Ballads from the Appalachian Coalfields
REGION/STYLE: Appalachia

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Nimrod Workmen | Ballad Singer |

CONTENTS
1. Mr. Workmen's family history in Tennessee
2. Life before the coal mines (building log cabins, churning butter, dances)
3. Learning Songs from childhood on
4. "Lord Bateman" - story & song
5. More about learning ballads by heart, hand gestures
6. Stories from childhood - stories about mountain lion, Civil War
7. Politics - Democrats; meeting Kennedy's
8. Effects of Coal Companies coming into community bulldozing, pushing poor people out
9. Harlan County - union organization
10. Changes in lives of miners
11. Original Ballad
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