Down In Tennessee Valley

Audio file
Date recorded: October 23, 1937
Contributor(s): Performer: Lewis, Roberta; Performer: Lewis, Henrietta; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: lyric song, popular country song
Instruments: voice, guitar
Language: English
Location: Wrigley, Morgan County, Kentucky, United States
Tape number: AFS1561
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 1561A1
Note: Likely learned from the 1928 Emry Arthur record (originally composed as "Down In the Lehigh Valley by William W. Delaney, c. 1880). Identified as Henrietta and Ernestine Wilson on AFS card; names here announced by E.L. Harold on disc. Harold also announces the site of the session as Wrigley, Ky., seven miles north of West Liberty, although W.L. appears on AFS card. Guitar arbitrarily assigned.
Belongs to: Wrigley 10/37
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