Audio file

Date recorded: August 5, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Cocoa Lute; Performer: McQueen, Irene; Performer: McQueen, Emmanuel Babsy; Performer: McQueen, Cleophus; Performer: McQueen, Alsten; Performer: McQueen, Alstead; Performer: Jones, Fitz; Performer: Jones, Euphemia; Performer: Jeremiah, Simpson; Performer: Jeremiah, Joseph; Performer: Jeremiah, Edna; Performer: George, Alexis; Performer: Bartholomew, Claude; Performer: Andall, Claudius; Performer: Andall, Banfield; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: work song

Culture: Grenada, Grenadines

Instruments: voice

Language: Grenadian Creole English

Location: Sauteurs, Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada Island, Grenada

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1214

Track Number: 9

Archive ID: T1214R09

Note: Call-and-response between the lead singer(s) and chorus. At various points the chorus sings in parallel harmony.

Transcript:
Belongs to: La Fortune 8/62

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