Interview with Bessie Jones about You Ought To Get Tired Sometime and Juba

Audio file
Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T952
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T952R03
Note: You Ought To Get Tired Sometime is a church song that Jones heard all her life. The word "Juba" comes from the scraps of food slave owners gave their slaves. Juba became a game song the slaves played to make fun of whites, who were unaware of its meaning even while it was performed in front of them.
Belongs to: New York City 9/61
About the session: The fourth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.
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