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  1. Folk Songs - Paducah, Kentucky - Wenzel, Bertha (Wheeler), 1923-2011

    45 r.p.m. record, with sleeve, of "Paducah's Layin' Round the Bend" and "Ferd Harold Blues," two traditional songs sung by roustabouts who worked on steamboats on the Ohio and Tennessee rivers. Issued by Century Records, the recording features Bertha W. Wenzel, vocalist, and Bill Small, accompanist; also 33-1/3 r.p.m. record with sleeve, "Folk Songs of the River," collected by Mary Wheeler and sung by Bertha Wheeler Wenzel with accompaniment b...

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    Folk Songs - Paducah, Kentucky
  2. Ohio River Project - Kentucky Folklife Program

    Kentucky Folklife Program project titled: "Ohio River Survey," which includes interviews, tape logs, photographs and other documentation of folklife along the Ohio River in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Interviews may include a description of belief, traditional occupation, practice, craft, or tool, informant's name, age, birth date, and address.

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    Ohio River Project

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