The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 14, July 1910 - April, 1911 Page: 168
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
abled her to extricate herself from severely trying situations at
this period.
She is still strong and lively in spite of her four score years;
her life has been full of good work; many a sick bed has she
tended; many a helpless orphan has she soothed and cared for;
after all the trials of her long and varied life she still wears a
cheerful smile, and her heart beats in sympathy with the young
and hopeful. As the daughter of a man who gave his life for
Texas, and the widow of Mr. Hooker, a Confederate soldier, she
is identified with two important epochs of this country's history.
Scores of family letters written in German and yellow with age,
which she carefully treasures, tell of the Gibenraths and the Hild-
weins for many generations away back in Suabia, but her pride
centers on the Gibenrath, her father, who was one of "Fannin's
men" and a Texan.
ADELE B. LOOSCAN.
PROFESSOR JOHN A. LOMAX, of the University of Texas, is col-
lecting Folk-Songs of the United States, and would appreciate
assistance from members of the Historical Association. "When-
ever," says Professor Lomax, "people, from whatever cause, live
for a time in primitive isolation they make songs that reflect the
feelings of the whole community. Such songs also spring up
from groups of unlettered men following a particular occupa-
tion, especially one that calls for supreme physical effort. In most
cases the authorship can be traced to no one person. The songs
are perhaps rarely written out, and less seldom find their way into
print. They are often crude in form and matter, sometimes vul-
gar, but always interesting as a reflection of the intimate life of
the people. These are the Folk-Songs, either handed down by
'word of mouth' from generation to generation, or entirely sub-
merged in the rush of progress or lost through the dominion of
the newspaper."
Types of the ballad in which he is interested are the lumber
songs of the Northern forests, sailor songs, mining songs, army
songs, fishing songs, cowboy songs, negro songs, etc., etc. He has
already more than a hundred cowboy songs, and thinks that his
collection is far from complete.
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