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The Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S320139)

1 of approx 67 results
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It was on one Monday about one o'clock

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

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Old Homestead OHS 90123 ('Old Time Songs')

Performer

Mainer, Wade

Place

USA

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1980c

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X7392

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The Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S312746)

2 of approx 67 results
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God moves on the water

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

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Prestige International 25008 ('The Eastern Shores')

Performer

Jones, Bessie

Place

USA : Georgia : Sea Islands

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Lomax, Alan

Date collected

1959 / 1960

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X7039

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The Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S312747)

3 of approx 67 results
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It was on Monday morning just about one o'clock

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

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Tomkins Square TSQ 1875 ('People Take Warning')

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Stoneman, Ernest

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USA

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1924 (24 Sep)

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X7092

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The Sinking of the Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S221519)

4 of approx 67 results
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Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

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Brown, North Carolina Folklore 2 (1952) pp.662-668 (version g)

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USA : N. Carolina : Boone

Collector

Abrams, W. Amos

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Printed : Book

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Reference only

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X6831

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Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S400809)

5 of approx 67 results
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Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

Rounder C0299 ('Step by Step')

Performer

Riddle, Lesley

Place

USA : New York : Rochester

Collector

Seeger, Mike

Date collected

1965-1978

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X7503

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Titanic Blues
Roud Folksong Index (S312745)

6 of approx 67 results
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Early one morning just about 4 o'clock

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

Tomkins Square TSQ 1875 ('People Take Warning')

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Brown, Henry / Jordan, Charlie

Place

USA

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Date collected

1932 (14 Mar)

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X7092

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The Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S332551)

7 of approx 67 results
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It was in month of April nineteen hundred and twelve

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

Smithsonian-Folkways SFW CD 40191 ('Classic African-American Ballads')

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Anderson, Pink

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USA :

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Folkways FW 3588

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X7630

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The Destruction of the Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S202986)

8 of approx 67 results
First Line

It was in the month of April

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

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Brown, North Carolina Folklore 2 (1952) pp.662-668 (version c)

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USA

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Printed : Book

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Broadside text

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X6831

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The Sinking of the Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S301352)

9 of approx 67 results
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It was on one Monday morning, just about one o'clock

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

Old Homestead OHCS 129 ('Ballads & Railroad Songs')

Performer

Dalhart, Vernon

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USA

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X7045

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God Moved on the Waters
Roud Folksong Index (S206792)

10 of approx 67 results
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Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

Brown, North Carolina Folklore 2 (1952) pp.662-668 (version h)

Performer

Love, Will `Shorty'

Place

USA : N. Carolina

Collector

Brown, Frank C.

Date collected

1920c

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Printed : Book

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The Titanic
Roud Folksong Index (S485655)

11 of approx 67 results
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Women and children lost their lives

Roud No

774 [Search for 774 in the current indexes]

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Laws D24

Source

The State (Columbia, SC) (3 Jul 1955) p.35

Performer

Hampton, H.R.E.

Place

USA : S. Carolina

Collector

Date collected

1955

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Printed : Newspaper

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Frag. text

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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83551353/the-state/

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