Appalachian Ballad Singing (1969) | Dillard Chandler, Dellie Norton, Berzilla Wallin

This video exists for educational purposes. The audio has been restored. The film has been artificially colorized and edited. Detailed on-screen historical commentary and lyrics have been added.


Berzilla Wallin (1892-1986) and Dellie Chandler Norton (1898-1993) were sisters, and Dillard Chandler (1908-1992) was their cousin. You can read about the Wallin family here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallin_...

0:00 The Soldier Traveling from the North (Child 299) - Dillard Chandler
2:48 Love has brought be to despair (Roud 60) - Dellie Chandler Norton
4:14 Conversation with Death (Roud 4933) - Berzilla Wallin

This footage comes from the 1969 film “The End of an Old Song”, which you can watch here    • Видео   I added full artificial color to the original video as well as writing the lyrics and commentary.

I restored another clip from the same film and uploaded it here    • Traditional Appalachian ballad "The S...  

Here are some other versions of The Soldier Travelling from the North, from England and Scotland
https://www.vwml.org/record/VWMLSongI...
   • The Light Dragoon  

Here is a full version of Berzilla Wallin singing "Conversation with Death"    • Conversation With Death  

Here is a video of Dellie Norton performing another ballad in 1982    • Dellie Norton: Early, Early In the Sp...   and a short interview with her    • Dellie Norton & Sheila Kay Adams - A ...  


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