In Dolen Town City

Date recorded: October 1, 1937
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified performer; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song

Instruments: voice, banjo

Language: English

Location: Drykill, Leslie County, Kentucky, United States

Tape number: AFS1457

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: 1457A3

Note: The title was misidentified as "Bolantown City" on the AFS card, as well as attributed to Mary Ruth and Fannie Lou Feltner, but is sung by an unidentified man with a banjo. "Dolen Town" was the former name of Combs, Ky., in Perry County. Likely composed by the singer.

Belongs to: Hell for Certain 10/37

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