Note: Lomax announces at the end of the performance that he's heard "groups of Negro singers throughout the South and... this group of work-song singers here at Parchman are the champions of the country." Tentative applause follows.
Technical Note: Disc jumps throughout; heavy distortion in middle.
About the session: John Lomax's second recording trip made to Parchman Farm.
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