Audio file

Title: Over Yonder (On That Other Shore)
Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: sacred song, spiritual
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Subject(s):

Note: Text: I have a sister over yonder (3x) / On that other shore // By and by I am going to see her (3x) On that other shore
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Archive ID: T977R43

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T977
Track: 43

Part of: New York City 9/61

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

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