Down By The River

"Down By The River African Stories Told By Hugh Tracey" (Front and back Cover) "Down By The River African Stories" (Labels) "Down By The River" (Spine) "These stories, collected and translated and told by Hugh Tracey are already known by a wide audience in Africa, Europe and America far beyond their home territory of Rhodesia among the Karanga people. They appear in a book of 25 of his stories published under the title of 'THE LION ON THE PATH' and other African stories (Routledge and Kegan Paul) delightfully illustrated by Eric Byrd, with the music of each of the story songs transcribed by his son, Andrew Tracey. Other recordings, including the remainder twenty five stories all told by the author, are to be found on similar LP discs in the 'Music of Africa' Series under these titles... The Lion On The Path Decca LK 4914 More Africa Stories Decca LK 4915 The Bird Of The Valley Decca LK 4916" (Back Cover) "The Water Sprite The story of a young man who fell in love with a beautiful girl not knowing she was a Water Sprite and lived in the River. (Back Cover) "The Delicate Daughter The story of the girl who could do no kind of work at all." (Back Cover) "The Magic Herdboy The story of the young boy who could make the rain fall through singing his magic song." (Back Cover) "Mapandangare, the Great Baboon The story of the girl who had no one to look after her cattle and how she was helped by a brave Baboon." (Back Cover) "The Woman And The Mouse The story of the Woman who kept a Mouse as a pet and how he helped her to look after her house." (Back Cover) "Sakanaka, the Handsome Young Man The story of the Mother who did not want her son to marry and leave her alone." (Back Cover)