Alan Lomax Archive | Janie Hunter and family: Water My Flowers (1983) @AlanLomaxArchive | Uploaded December 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Janie Hunter and her daughters sing "Water My Flowers" as her grandchildren dance. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew, Johns Island, South Carolina, August 1983. See the Folkways album "Been In the Storm So Long" (1967; reissued 1990) for another version sung by Ms. Hunter. For more information about the American Patchwork film-work, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit http://culturalequity.org.[afc2004004_mv0732]
Janie Hunter and her daughters sing "Water My Flowers" as her grandchildren dance. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew, Johns Island, South Carolina, August 1983. See the Folkways album "Been In the Storm So Long" (1967; reissued 1990) for another version sung by Ms. Hunter. For more information about the American Patchwork film-work, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit http://culturalequity.org.[afc2004004_mv0732]
![Susan Shepherd: The [1927] Kentucky Flood (1937)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SVrr3GoJwtg/hqdefault.jpg "Susan Shepherd: The [1927] Kentucky Flood (1937)
*In the wake of the devastating flooding that struck Eastern Kentucky on July 27-28, 2022, please considering donating to relief efforts: https://appalshop.org/news/appalachian-flood-support-resources *
A ballad performed (and presumably composed) by Susan Shepherd concerning the May 29-30, 1927 flood in Letcher Co., Kentucky. Recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax at Cumberland, Harlan Co., Kentucky, September 27, 1937. For more from the Lomaxes Kentucky recordings and Alans fieldwork collections in general, visit archive.culturalequity.org. [AFS 1433A & B1]")
