play-party

By the time he began making records, Leadbelly's blues, work songs and play-party numbers were too "country" for blacks; he bombed at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1936.

'You Don't Know My Mind' 2008

Sir Hugh complied; premising only that they must none of them expect him to be of their play-party again till after dinner.

Camilla 2008

From Treasury of Mississippi Folklore, Lomax note: Botkin got this from the American Broadside Collection, Auner it has the same tune as the play-party version (see DOWNRIVR) except that the chorus only occurs every other verse.

Down the River (2) 1996

ALL through April Judith's project of a play-party languished.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

"Creed left it with me away last April, to get things for the -- for the play-party."

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

"I'd rather play hunt gypsies," said her brother, but when he saw Dinah come out of the kitchen with a tiny little cake she had baked especially for him and his sister to have a play-party with, Freddie thought, after all, there was some fun in staying at home.

The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island Laura Lee Hope

She lighted the second candle, left the girls arranging the dumb supper, and stole, as though some one had called her, into that room which she had made ready for Creed's occupancy on the night of the play-party.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

At the bottom of Judith's heart lay one reason for making a play-party and bidding Creed Bonbright to it; and now Huldah Spiller was blatantly calling out the unconfessed, the unconfessable; Wade was sullenly dropping into the old Scotch air; the long lines were forming, men opposite the girls -- and the red-headed minx had placed herself directly across from Creed!

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

She could see Creed's face before her as he had looked the night of the play-party.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

"I'm in the front room at your house where we-all danced the night of the play-party," he said.

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan