Skip To The Barbershop

Audio file

Date recorded: October 6, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: jump rope song, spoken

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T982

Track Number: 8

Archive ID: T982R08

Note: Skip, skip to the barbershop, / I left my sticks of candy.

Belongs to: New York City 10/61

About the session: The tenth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.

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