Interview with Bob Roberts about Down In Alabama

Audio file
Date recorded: November 27, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Roberts, Bob; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: East Anglian, English
Instruments: voice
Setting: The Butt and Oyster Public House
Location: Pin Mill, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3340
Track Number: 5
Archive ID: T3340R05
Note: Bob recalls hearing "Down In Alabama" in Millwall, London.
Belongs to: Pin Mill 11/53
About the session: Ballads, chanteys, and comic songs sung by bargeman Bob Roberts of Pin Mill, Suffolk. Roberts was also an editor at the East Anglian Daily Times, and the author of several books, including "Rough and Tumble," "A Slice of Suffolk," and "Breeze for a Bargeman."
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