A Rich Old Miser

Date recorded: August 25, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Wilson, Effie; Performer: Wilson, Addina Palmore; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jackson, George Pullen

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song, comic song

Instruments: voice, dulcimer

Language: English

Location: Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States

Tape number: AFS6719

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: 6719B1

Note: In discussion following Ms. Palmore says she learned the song from her cousin, who learned it from her cousin in Slick Rock in Metcalfe County.

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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