Folk Songs
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| New York Times | (1915) | MISS ASTOR AT FESTIVAL Sees 1,000 Children In Folk Dances and a Maypole Romp --- RED BANK, N. J., June 14---Miss Muriel Alice Astor, daughter of John Jacob Astor, who lost his life on the Titanic, was one of the interested spectators at the playground festiva... | 15th June 1915 | |||
| (1938) | DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE Dorsey Murdock Dixon (14 October 1897 - 17 April 1968) - Guitar, Vocals Howard Dixon (19 June 1903 - 24 March 1961) - Steel Guitar Dorsey Dixon and his younger brother Howard were born in the South Carolina mill town of Darlington. Th... | 25th January 1938 | ||||
| (1948) | THE TITANIC Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th... | 15th October 1948 | ||||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | WIRELESS FROM THE STENGELS First Direct Personal Message Received from Jersey Folk in the Disaster ---------- BOTH ON THE CARPATHIA ---------- Direct intelligence from Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel, of this city, now on the rescue ship Carpathia, was received h... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| (1927) | THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC The Titanic was a common subject for folk and blues singers in the 1920s and '30s. Artistes such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Ernest V. Stoneham and Vernon Dalhart all recorded Titanic numbers. Most had a common theme and derivation ... | 1927 | ||||
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Liverpool Echo | (2007) | A TITANIC MISTAKE FASHION is a funny thing and there's no telling what folk will pay a fortune for.But a watch made out of metal from The Titanic is a style statement too far.... | 5th October 2007 | ||
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BBC News | (2007) | NEW TITANIC LINK TO THE PAST The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum says it has launched the most wide-ranging website ever dedicated to the Titanic and its place in Belfast's history. The site is backed by the NI Tourist Board and is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of virtual visitors. ... | 5th March 2007 | ||
| New York Times | (1912) | WEALTHY YOUNGSTOWN FOLK ABOARD YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 15---Mr. and Mrs. George D. Wick and their daughter, Miss Natalie, Miss Caroline Bonnell and Miss Lily Bonnell of Birkdale, England, her cousin, were among the Titanic’s passengers. The Wicks and Bonnells are among the wealthy... | 16th April 1912 | |||
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Gazette & Herald | (2008) | SONG PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHILD TITANIC VICTIM A poignant song about the youngest victim of the Titanic disaster will feature in a concert at Seend Cleeve this month. The electric folk band Sackful of Sovereigns, with Potterne bass player Steve Sawyer, will debut the song Unknown Child at the concert on October 18.... | 14th October 2008 | ||
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Daily Mail | (2009) | REVEALED: HOW HERO FATHER DIED ON TITANIC AFTER LEAVING LIFEBOAT TO FETCH FLASK OF MILK FOR WIFE AND CHILDREN An heroic father perished on the Titanic while his wife and children sang songs to drown out the screams of drowning passengers, it has been revealed.New archives reveal how brave Arthur West helped wife Ada and daughters Constance and Barbara onto a lifeboat before dashing back to their cabin to grab a flask of hot milk for them.... | 26th March 2009 | ||
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(1912) | MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP Words by Roger Lewis Music by F. Henri Klickmann Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago and New York, USA [Midi / Recording]... | 1912 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | FEAR ELIZABETH FOLK WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC ELIZABETH, April 17---Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, is fearful that his two brothers, Ernest and Robert, were among those lost on the steamship Titanic. Mr. Peacock's wife and two children were also passengers on the boat, but it is p... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| (1929) | GOD MOVES ON THE WATER Blind Willie Johnson was born in Marlin, Texas c.1902. A Gospel singer and guitarist, he recorded just 30 pieces at a variety of locations between 1927 and 1930. He was accompanied on some songs by his wife Angeline. During the depression reverted... | 11th December 1929 | ||||
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(1912) | THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN In Memory of the Heroes of the Ill-Fated Titanic Words by Mark Bean Music by Harold Jones Published 1912 by Joe Morris Music Co., New York, USA ... | 1912 | |||
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(1912) | JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA A Song of the Sea Words by Edith Maida Lessing Music by Bernie Adler and Sidney Gibson Published 1912 by the Harold Rossiter Music Company, Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [... | 1912 | |||
| (1911) | ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r... | 1911 | ||||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Daily Mining Gazette | (1912) | RELATIVES OF HURONTOWN FOLK WERE ABOARD LINER Included among the passengers on the lost steamer Titanic were four young Cornishmen bound for Houghton to take employment in the Isle Royal Mine. Their relatives at Hurontown eagerly await some news of them and up to last night were still hoping th... | 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ... | 16th April 1912 | |||
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(1912) | THE SINKING TITANIC By Marcellus O. Ruch Published 1912 by M. O. Ruch, Canton, Ohio, USA [Midi] ... | 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MORGAN AIDS PREVENTORIUM Institution to Combat Tuberculosis Receives $5,000 from Egypt. --- J. Pierpont Morgan was so much interested in the colony of tenement children who are being saved from acquiring tuberculosis by the Tuberculosis Preve... | 19th March 1912 | |||
| THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND Word and Music by Leveridge The Roast Beef of Old England was the tune played by the Bugler, P.W. Fletcher, to call first class passengers to meals. ... | ||||||
| (1912) | SONGE D'AUTOMNE Songe d'Autmone (Dream of Autumn) was composed by Archibald Joyce (25 May 1873 - 22 March 1963). Joyce, popularly known as the "English Waltz King", had considerable success in England with this piece which was included in the repertoire for White... | 1912 | ||||
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(1912) | THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC A Descriptive Composition for Piano Solo By William Baltzell Published 1912 by Aubrey Stauffer & Co., Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [Midi] ... | 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1907) | MORGAN'S WILD AUTO DASH The Financier Catches an Express Train in the Berkshires --- Special to The New York Times --- PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 8---J. Pierpont Morgan to-day pursued an express train in an automobile and caught it.... | 9th September 1907 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | PARTNER SAYS SMART DIDN'T SIGN THE WILL This Document of Titanic Victim Was Much Discussed Because No Children Were Mentioned --- AND NONE WERE EVER FOUND --- Fortune Reputed Great, but it Turned Out to be Very Small---Constance H. Baldwin Brings Suit ---... | 5th March 1913 | |||
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(1912) | THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ... | 1912 | |||
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(1912) | THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER Words (in Yiddish) by S. Small Music by Henry A. Rusotto Listen to this Piece [... | 1912 | |||
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(1912) | IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece... | 1912 | |||
| NEARER MY GOD TO THEE The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Full... | ||||||
| (1973) | COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse... | 28th November 1973 | ||||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | FEAR ANOTHER NEWARKER GONE ---------- Augustus Smith, Passenger on Titanic, Whose Name Is Not Among Saved. ---------- HAYS ALSO AMONG MISSING ---------- The name of Augustus Smith, twenty-two years old, of 59 Halsey street, was added ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo... | 9th March 1930 | |||
| Variety | (1969) | MRS. HENRY B. (RENEE) HARRIS DIES Theatre Owner-Producer Was Linked to Another Broadway Era Although she was married three times afterwards, she always remained Mrs. Henry B. Harris and when she died at Doctors Hospital, N.Y., at 93, she was press reported either as Mr... | 10th September 1969 | |||
| The Independent | (1875) | THE PERILS OF PASSENGERS ANOTHER very terrible wreck of an iron steamship has been reported and a loss of human lives has been the consequence, which must cause a shudder to the intending passengers to Europe this season. The unfortunate ship was the "Vicksburg"... | 24th June 1875 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA HOW THE PASSENGERS WERE RECEIVED A passenger on board the Carpathia made the following statement:- I was awakened at 12.30 in the morning by a commotion on the decks which seemed unus... | 20th April 1912 | |||
