QUILL BLOWING Played by: Uncle John Ballantine Recorded in Fifty Six, AR, 7/18/53 Click here to listen to the original recording Mr. Ballantine: "This here's John Ballantine--J.J. Ballantine. He's been married three times. He's got sixteen children, eighty-eight grandchildren, hundred and twenty-five, I believe it is, great-grandchildren. And I've got fifteen of the fourth generation, great great grandchildren." Wolf: "Tell how old you are." Mr. Ballantine: "Eighty-six year old I am." Quills are played, tune unidentified. |
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