Audio file

Date recorded: March 8, 1937
Contributor(s): Performer: Henry, Jim; Recordist: Lomax, John A.

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song, comic 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: AFS0885

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: 0885B2

Note: Identified on AFS card as "Where My Coat Used to Be."

Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 3/37

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

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