Name
Evelyn Huckins
Files
Biography
Evelyn Huckins is the daughter of Jennie Gray. Mrs. Huckins recorded several songs her mother knew growing up. Mrs. Gray’s mother gave each of her daughters a little notebook of songs as a Christmas present one year, entitled “The Songs My Mother Used to Sing.” “The Cambric Shirt”was not in this book, but Mrs. Huckins recalled that her mother had often sung it to her.
Keywords
Jennie Gray, “The Songs My Mother Used to Sing”, “The Cambric Shirt, " Mary of the Wild Moor”
Disciplines
Folklore | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Huckins, Evelyn, "Evelyn Huckins" (2012). Maine Song and Story Sampler Collectors. 7.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplercollectors/7
Works Collected
“The Cambric Shirt” by Jennie Gray.
"Mary of the Wild Moor" by Jennie Gray.