Follow de Drinkin' Gourd

Follow de Drinkin' Gourd

Follow de Drinkin' Gourd

Follow de Drinkin' Gourd

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Overview

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society includes the play-party in Oklahoma; folklore of Texas birds; tall tales for the tenderfeet; fishback yarns from the Sulphurs; Cajun stories of Bolivar's Peninsula; Paul Bunyan; pioneer folk tales; folk anecdotes; the Texas pecan; African-American folk songs of Texas; old Nacogdoches; ghosts of Lake Jackson; how the polecat got his scent; characteristics of cowboy songs; ballads and songs of the frontier folk, and other tales.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781574410877
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Publication date: 06/01/2000
Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Series , #7
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author


J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas. In 1922, he became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society and held the post for 21 years.

Table of Contents

Report, Sir5
I
The Play-Party in Oklahoma7
Folk-Lore Relating to Texas Birds25
II
Tall Tales for the Tenderfeet38
Fishback Yarns from the Sulphurs42
Paul Bunyan: Oil Man45
Pipeline Days and Paul Bunyan55
Le Loup Blanc of Bolivar's Peninsula62
Pioneer Folk Tales69
The Corn Thief--A Folk Anecdote78
The Texas Pecan; The Man in the Moon79
III
Follow the Drinking Gourd81
Some Negro Folk-Songs of Texas85
Six Negro Folk-Songs113
Confidences from Old Nacogdoches119
The Ghosts of Lake Jackson135
How Mr. Polecat Got His Scent137
De Pot-Song139
Notes on Some Recent Treatments of Negro Folk-Lore140
IV
Some Characteristics of Cowboy Songs145
More Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk155
Proceeding of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1927181
Contributors183
Indexes185
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