If You White Folks Wanna Learn to Play Poker

Date recorded: April 14, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Carson, Robert Lee (Highway); Performer: Richardson, Theodore (Brownskin); Performer: Jenkins, Hezekiah; Performer: Watson, Walter; Recordist: Lomax, John A.

Subject(s):

Genre: work song

Instruments: voice, hammer

Setting: Brickyard, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)

Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS600B

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: 600B2

Note: Title given is that on the AFS card. First line is "All of you white folks just talkin' about poker."

Technical Note: As of March 2019, a transfer direct from disc was not available. Audio here drawn from preservation reel.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 4/36

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

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