Title: It's A Rough And Rugged RoadAlternate title: The Road Is Rough And Rocky
Date recorded: October 6, 1961Contributor(s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, AlanSubject(s):
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street
Note: Text: "It's a rough and rugged road / Before you get to heaven, / And I feel like praying all the time. // You cry sometime / Before you get to heaven. // You moan sometime …" (etc.)
Belongs to: New York City 10/61
About the session: The tenth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.
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