Oh Willie, Oh Willie (part 1)

Date recorded: October 23, 1937
Contributor(s): Performer: Mullins, J.M.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song

Instruments: voice, banjo

Language: English

Location: Floress, Morgan County, Kentucky, United States

Tape number: AFS1564

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: 1564A3

Note: Title here is what is given on AFS card; unrelated to the "Oh Willie" that appears in the murder ballad "Pretty Polly." The assumption is that the Lomaxes followed Mullins back to his home on Lacy Creek after seeing him perform at the talent show in West Liberty.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Floress 10/37

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