Audio file

Title: Coonshine (Coonjine)

Alternate title: Mama Don't Allow

Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance song

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: T977

Track Number: 10

Archive ID: T977R10

Note: Mama don't allow me to coonshine, Papa don't allow me to try / Only way I coonshines / I coonshines on the sly.

Belongs to: New York City 9/61

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

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