Audio file

Date recorded: March 8, 1937
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Harper, Gus; Recordist: Lomax, John A.

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song, work song

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

Setting: Unidentified camp, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)

Language: English

Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS0892

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: 0892B1

Note: Compare lyrics of 1858A and Alan Lomax's 1959 Parchman recording, sung as "Little Bitty Frenchman."

Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 3/37

About the session: John Lomax's third recording trip made to Parchman Farm.

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