The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Children's, Songs Classic

The only song I really recognized on this album was "Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling," although there are bits and pieces of others that sound a mite familiar. But if you are not humming and trying to repeat the chorus of "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-me-o" by the time you are finished listening to this collection, then I, as a fellah once said, don't know Arkansaw! You might be surprised at the language, since they allow people to sing about a cow's udders in another way but refrain from rhyming tell, well and dell with a certain nether region mentioned in Scripture.

Producer Richard Nevins explain that some of these ultra-rare recordings were more noise than music before remastering began, and while they have cleaned up the recordings as much as possible, these are still going to sound like old 78s, which is perfectly acceptable. These songs have the ring of authenticity just the way then If you enjoyed the music on the "O Brother, Where Art Thous?" soundtrack, then this collection will be right up your alley. Teachers covering rural life in this country between the two World Wars might find it instructive to play a couple of choice cuts from this album to give students a taste of what it was like for kids in another time and place.


Uncomfortable person   September 18, 2001
MrCleft (a world of wonder!)
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A Step Back in Time and Place   June 11, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

The Story the Crow Told Me (both vols. 1 & 2) take you back in time with classic recordings (and little known gems) from the best rural performers of the time: Bradley Kincaid, The Prairie Ramblers, Reily Puckett, and more. This series does a good job cleaning up the old 78s and provides a nice album of children's and novelty songs of the 20s and 30s. Fine Record.