Lily May Ledford, *11-03-17 Red River Gorge, KY, +14-07-1985
2nd version
by Tony Russell,
Michel Rupli, Uwe Hollihn, Praguefrank,
Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
30 May 1938 Chicago, IL – Idy Harper and Coon Creek Girls (Lily May Ledford
[vcl/banjo/fiddle], Esther Koehler [mandolin], Rosie Ledford [vcl/guitar],
Evelyn Lange [bass]])
001 C 2237-1 SOWING ON THE MOUNTAIN Vocalion 04278 Conqueror 9113/OHCS 142
Rounder 1029 JSP 7755
002 C 2238-1 OLD UNCLE DUDY (KEEP FIDDLING ON) Voalion 04278 Conqueror 9113//OHCS
142
003 C 2239-1 THE OLD APPLE TREE Vocalion 04203 Conqueror 9065//OHCS 142
004 C 2240-1 POOR NAOMI WISE Vocalion 04354//OHCS 142
005 C 2241-1 SWEET FERN Vocalion 04354//OHCS 142
006 C 2242-1 LULU WALLS Vocalion 04203 Conqueror 9065//OHCS 142
007 C 2243-1 BANJO PICKIN' GIRL Conqueror 9125 Vocalion 04413//OHCS 142
PROPERBOX 29 CO-CD-3533 Rounder 1029
008 C 2244-1 THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY Vocalion 04504 Conqueror 9125/OHCS 142
009 C 2245-1-2 GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVE unissued/TLCW-02
010 C 2246-1 LULU LEE Vocalion 04504//OHCS 142
011 C 2247-1 PRETTY POLLY Vocalion 04659 Perfect 16102/LP 102 OHCS 142 C4K
90628
012 C 2248-1 FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE WILDWOOD Vocalion 04659 Conqueror 9231//OHCS
142 US-0310
013 C 2249-1 LITTLE BIRDIE Conqueror 9231 Vocalion 04413//OHCS 142 PROPERBOX 29
US-0310
OLD TIMEY LP 102 BALLADS AND SONGS (1965); TIME-LIFE TLCW 02 COUNTRY AND WESTER CLASSICS –
THE WOMEN (1981, 2 LPs); PROPER PROPERBOX 29 BLUEGRASS BONANZA (UK, 2001, 4 CD SET); COUNTY CO-CD 3533 OLDTIME
MOUNTAIN BANJO (2005); ROUNDER 1029 BANJO PICKING GIRL (1980); TRIKONT US-0310 FLOWERS IN THE
WILDWOOD WOMEN IN EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC 1923-1939 (GER, 2003); COLUMBIA C4K 90628
CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLIN' BLUEGRASS 80 YEARS OF AMERICAN MUSIC (2004, 4 CD
SET)L JSP 7755 MOUNTAIN GOSPEL (UK, 2005, 4 CD SET)
5 June 1955 [no.3837] Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206
8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Ferlin Husky and Coon Creek Girls
014 14003 DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN Capitol F3183
015 14005 SAITH THE LORD F3183
5 June 1955 [no.3838] Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North,
Nashville, TN – Coon Creek Girls, * with Ferlin Husky
016 14006 TO HECK WITH THE GOOD OLD DAYS F3264
017 14007 I'LL NOT WORRY ABOUT YOU F3264
018 14020 THE VALLEY OF REST* unissued
1967 unknown – Coon Creek Girls (Rosie Ledford [vcl/gt],
Lily May Ledford [vcl/banjo], Susie Ledford [bass]. Producer: Charles Faurot)
019 BANJO PICKING GIRL County 712
020 BLACK EYED SUSIE County 712
021 DARLING, SIX MONTHS AIN'T LONG County 712
022 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES County 712
023 GOING DOWN THE VALLEY County 712
024 HAWK CAUGHT THE CHICKEN AND GONE County 712
025 HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT County 712
026 I HAVE NO MOTHER NOW County 712
027 LITTLE BIRDIE County 712
028 PRETTY POLLY County 712
029 RED ROCKING CHAIR County 712
030 TAKE YOUR TIME MISS LUCY County 712
031 WHITE OAK MOUNTAIN County 712
032 WILD BILL JONES County 712
Poss. from sessions above:
033 AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW County CD 6001
COUNTY CD 6001 LEGENDS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC - FIFTY YEARS OF
COUNTY RECORDS (2015)
RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
8 June 1939 unknown – Coon Creek Girls
MEDLEY FOR THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND OHCS 142
31 August 1948 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘]unknown – Coon Creek Girls
TEXAS BOUND
unknown [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘] unknown – Coon Creek Girls
HE'S GONE AWAY Renfro Valley RVLP 111
Renfro Valley RVLP 111 THE RENFRO VALLEY GATHERIN‘
Ca 1950 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘?] unknown – Coon Creek Girls
WHITE PILGRIM
E-A-S-T-E-R
TAKE ME BACK TO RENFRO VALLEY
1952 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘?] unknown
– The Coon Creek Girls, *with Jerry Behrens
RV 2002 WHAT'LL I DO WITH BABY-O Renfro Valley no #
RV 2002 JIM ALONG JOSIE Renfro Valley no #
RV 2004 IT IS NO SECRET WHAT GOD CAN DO* Renfro Valley no #
1950s? [TV transcriptions] unknown – Coon Creek Girls
BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN OHCS 142
HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT OHCS 142
ALBUMS
County 712 Coon Creek Girls:Banjo Picking Girl; Black Eyed
Susie; Darling, Six Months Ain't Long; East Virginia Blues; Going Down The
Valley; Hawk Caught The Chicken And Gone; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat; I Have
No Mother Now; Little Birdie; Pretty Polly; Red Rocking Chair; Take Your Time
Miss Lucy; White Oak Mountain; Wild Bill Jones - 68 (CD reissue in 2011)
Old Homestead OHCS-142 Early Radio Favorites: Medley for the
President: Cindy / Soldier and the Lady / How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?; Pretty Polly; Flower Blooming in the Wildwood;
Old Uncle Dudy; Poor Naomi Wise; Sweet Fern; Sowing on the Mountain; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Little
Birdie; Lulu Walls; The Old Apple Tree; Lula Lee; The Soldier and the Lady; Bile Them Cabbage Down; How Many Biscuits Can
You Eat? - 82
SINGLES
Columbia (1938)
Vocalion
04203 Lulu Wall / The Old Apple Tree - 07-38
04278 Sowing On The Mountain / Old Uncle Buddy (Keep Fiddlin' On) - 08-38
04354 Sweet Fern / Poor Naomi Wise - 09-38
04413 Banjo Pickin' Girl / Little Birdie - 10-38
04504 Lulu Lee / The Soldier And The Lady - 12-38
04659 Pretty Polly / Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood - 03-39
Conquerer
9065 Lulu Wall / The Old Apple Tree - ca 09-38 (reissue)
9113 Sowing On The Mountain / Old Uncle Buddy (Keep Fiddlin' On) - 11-38
(reissue)
9125 The Soldier And The Lady / Banjo Pickin' Girl - 12-38
9231 Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood / Little Birdie - 06-39
Perfect
16102 Pretty Polly / [Carter Family]
Renfro Valley (1952) [from Radio transcriptions]
No # [Renfro Valley Folks:] The Valley Where Time Stands
Still / [The Coon Creek Girls:] What Do I Do With The Baby-O; Jim Along
Josie - 52 (MX: RC 2001/2002)
No # [Roy Davidson And Claude Sweet:] Old And Only In The
Way / [Jerry Behrens And The Coon Creek
Girls:] It Is No Secret What God Can Do - 52
Capitol (1955)
F3183 Don't Blame The Children / Saith The Lord – 07-55 w. Ferlin Husky (ad.
July 7, rev. July 16)
F3264 To Heck With The Good Old Days / I'll Not Worry About You - 10-55 (rev.
Oct. 22)
