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[Margaret Winters]

I found out several years ago when I googled her to find out who she was.  I still remember (and sing, though not always safely in tune) the four songs I learned from that one record I mentioned.  It wasn't until I studied French, though, that I understood the creole words - I'd basically learned them as a string of sounds.

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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu


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Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:47 PM
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Subject: Re: big apple

OMG! When I was a kid in the fifties, my family played a lot of folk music
(on records), probably instilling in me the love of and fascination with
singing, especially folk songs, that I retained and reveled in to this day.
Among the singers were the Weavers, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Burl Ives,
and *Charity
Bailey*. And until five minutes ago I never knew she was Black. Thank you.

Mark Mandel


On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 8:20 AM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu> wrote:

> Some time in the 50s there was a New York City local children's program on
> TV with Charity Bailey, a black singer and educator.  I think I still have
> the 78rpm record of her singing 4 songs, three in English and one in French
> creole.  See
> https://folkways.si.edu/charity-bailey/music-time-with/african-american-music-childrens/album/smithsonian
> [https://folkways-media.si.edu/images/album_covers/SF1400/FW07307.jpg]<
> https://folkways.si.edu/charity-bailey/music-time-with/african-american-music-childrens/album/smithsonian
> >
> Music Time with Charity Bailey | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings<
> https://folkways.si.edu/charity-bailey/music-time-with/african-american-music-childrens/album/smithsonian
> >
> Singer and educator Charity Bailey, who was director of music at the
> progressive Little Red School House in New York City, offers a collection
> of songs aimed at a very young audience. Children from Sarah Lawrence
> Nursery School in New York City participated in the recordings. The
> traditional song “...
> folkways.si.edu
>
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> MARGARET E WINTERS
> Former Provost
> Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI  48202
>
> mewinters at wayne.edu
>

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