Note: Alternating solo voice. The performers are grinding peas (heard in the foreground). Alan Lomax notes, “The song tells a story about seven brothers and a sister. The brothers are going to seek employment and promise their sister to procure for her a necklace of costly gems” (field log). Setting: Pierre Road
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