Story about a rabbit (I)

Audio file
Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken, story
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: T950
Track Number: 9
Archive ID: T950R09
Note: Jones tells a joke about a rabbit in the woods. A limb falls off a dead tree and strikes the rabbit in the head – the rabbit exclaims that neither the dead nor the living can be trusted. She tells another story about a rabbit who visited a garden daily and who was finally trapped by the garden's owner.
Belongs to: New York City 9/61
About the session: The fourth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.
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