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Date recorded: August 25, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Wilson, Effie; Performer: Wilson, Addina Palmore; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jackson, George Pullen
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad
Instruments: voice, dulcimer
Location: Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States
Tape number: AFS6721
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 6721A1
Transcript:
Belongs to: Marrowbone 9/42
About the session: After recording the annual Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Birmingham, Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson visited sisters-in-law Effie Wilson and Addina Palmore Wilson in Marrowbone, Kentucky, where they recorded them singing play-party songs and ballads with dulcimer and "dingle bow" accompaniment.
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