Captain George Got the Record

Audio file

Date recorded: April 13, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Maynard, W.J.; Performer: Scott, Nathaniel; Performer: Holloway, Charlie; Performer: McKinley, Charlie; Recordist: Lomax, John A.

Subject(s):

Genre: work song

Instruments: voice, hoe(s)

Setting: Tuberculosis and disability camp, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)

Language: English

Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS0616

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: 0616B

Technical Note: Gradually slows to the correct speed by 1:30.

Belongs to: Parchman Farm 4/36

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

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