Interviews with Harold Riisoe and Zelma Sibley, 1971-11-05

RT 398 F666m 1971 no. 01 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

6 index cards - Covalt, Austin; Covalt, Larue; Folklore of the Middle West, 1971, No. 1.; Folklore - Kansas; Riisoe, Harold; Sibley, Mrs. Bruce;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Harold Riisoe and Zelma Sibley

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:01 - Introduction, Harold Riisoe of Kinsley, KS

00:00:25 - Childhood in Norway

00:01:14 - Norwegian song, vocal and guitar, with English translation

00:04:10 - Song, "A New Pig in the Parlor" vocal and guitar

00:05:11 - Song, Square Dance, vocal and guitar

00:05:40 - Song, "Sailing East", vocal and guitar

00:06:17 - Song, "Coffee Grows on White Oak Stumps"

00:08:13 - May 17th Norwegian Independence Day celebrations

00:10:10 - Food and recipes

00:16:22 - Predicting the sex of a baby

00:16:44 - Song, square dance, fiddle and guitar

00:18:07 - Song, "Chase that Possum", fiddle and guitar

00:18:50 - Song, Polka square dance, fiddle and guitar

00:19:38 - Song, "Little Brown Jug", fiddle, vocal, and guitar

00:21:04 - Song, "Heel and Toe Polka", fiddle and guitar

00:22:30 - Song, "Waltz Quadrille", fiddle, vocal, and guitar

00:23:51 - Song, "The Rye Waltz", fiddle and guitar

00:24:50 - Song, "The Cake Waltz", fiddle and guitar

00:26:09 - Song, "Rag-time Annie", fiddle and guitar

00:27:29 - Song, "Schottische", fiddle and guitar

00:28:42 - Unidentified song, fiddle and guitar

00:29:53 - Song, "Put Your Little Foot", fiddle and guitar

00:31:12 - Song, "Flying Dutchman", fiddle and guitar

00:33:08 - 44th birthday

00:34:31 - Blizzard of 1886

00:37:47 - Introduction, Zela Sibley of Lewis, KS

00:38:24 - Song, "Little Blossom", vocal and piano

00:42:50 - Song, "The Sailor's Daughter", vocal and piano

00:45:06 - Song, "Babes in the Woods", vocal and piano

00:46:32 - Song, "The Black Sheep", vocal and piano

00:51:17 - A Salvation Army song, vocal and piano

00:52:44 - Unknown man, poem, "Two babes were born in the self-same town"