Janice Cleary - History Harvest Minute
Title
Janice Cleary - History Harvest Minute
Format
audio
Language
english
Transcription
Hello, and welcome to today's History Harvest Minute.
In this History Harvest Minute, we explore stories from around the nation, collected by students and community history harvesters.
Today we travel to Omaha, Nebraska, where Janice Cleary shared a piece of sheet music entitled "Omaha Blues".
As part of the great migration north by African Americans, blues songs like this one told the story of a journey, and the determination it took to leave home. Omaha Blues in particular, tells the story of a man's longing to his beloved hometown of Omaha and his parents, after a life of endless roaming. He describes the people of Omaha as nice and kind, and thinks of his sweetheart living there, who is as sweet as any peach from a tree. The man is so determined to return, he says that he would walk back if he had to.
This post World War One piece was written by the husband and wife duo Charles and [---] and was copyrighted in 1924 by the Clearance Williams Music Publishing Company.
That is all for today's History Harvest Minute. For more information on this item and others like it, please visit www.historyharvest.unl.edu.
In this History Harvest Minute, we explore stories from around the nation, collected by students and community history harvesters.
Today we travel to Omaha, Nebraska, where Janice Cleary shared a piece of sheet music entitled "Omaha Blues".
As part of the great migration north by African Americans, blues songs like this one told the story of a journey, and the determination it took to leave home. Omaha Blues in particular, tells the story of a man's longing to his beloved hometown of Omaha and his parents, after a life of endless roaming. He describes the people of Omaha as nice and kind, and thinks of his sweetheart living there, who is as sweet as any peach from a tree. The man is so determined to return, he says that he would walk back if he had to.
This post World War One piece was written by the husband and wife duo Charles and [---] and was copyrighted in 1924 by the Clearance Williams Music Publishing Company.
That is all for today's History Harvest Minute. For more information on this item and others like it, please visit www.historyharvest.unl.edu.
Duration
1:13
Files
Citation
“Janice Cleary - History Harvest Minute,” History Harvest, accessed April 28, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/2161.