This episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the Marlboro Historical Society.
Haughton House – Make the Wildwood Ring CD (Front Hall Records, 1981) (0.59)
(Front Hall, NY label, founded 1973, published 21 CDs, including a # for Tony Barrand/John Roberts/Nowell Sing We Clear) Instrumental
Frog Went A Courtin’ – Odis Bird (Max Hunter Collection) (1.04 0r .30)The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection - Missouri State University
Magnolia Tree – Fred Atwood (MM Collection, VFC)
Barbara Allen - Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur, Megan Littlehales, Dan & Gary MacArthur
The Half Hitch – On the Banks of Coldbrook CD (Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy)
Braes of Yarrow – Ballads Thrice Twisted CD (©1999 MM) Margaret MacArthur
King John and the Bishop – Ballads Thrice Twisted, Margaret MacArthur
Little Red Hen – Winifred Landman, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center
Single Again – May Nichols, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center
The Tailor and the Mouse – Barbara Linden, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center
Marlboro Merchants – Vermont Ballads and Broadsides CD (Whetstone Records) (©1989 Margaret MacArthur)
Stratton Mountain Tragedy – On the Mountains High CD (Living Folk Records, 1971) (appears another essentially self/close-connection “label”) (©2001 Margaret MacArthur)
Central Vermont Railway Tragedy –On the Mountains High CD Margaret and family
Mary Shaminski I love you – Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur
Farmers Alphabet – Vermont Heritage Songs (©1994, 2006 Margaret MacArthur) Margaret MacArthur
Maple Sweet – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and Megan Littlehales, Dan MacArthur
Newbury’s Bendell Bridge – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and school children
Hills of Dover – The Old Songs CD (Philo, 1975) (Philo bought out by Rounder 1982) Margaret MacArthur
Ranadine – On the Mountains High CD Margaret MacArthur and family
Peri Meri Dixi and Domini – On the Mountains High, Margaret MacArthur and family
PRIMARY LINKS
The Margaret MacArthur Collection at the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont
Margaret MacArthur’s Performance at the Library of Congress - June 6, 2005
Film recording of Margaret MacArthur performing ballads and songs from Vermont.
Part of the Homegrown 2005 Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687781/
Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.