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  1. Field Work
  2. Mississippi 1933–1940
  3. Parchman Farm 4/36
  4. I'm Working My Way Back Home

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: AFS600A
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 600A1
Note: AFS card note explains: "Chipping concrete mortar from old brick."
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.
Rights: The rights to the audio, photographic, and video materials contained within the Lomax Digital Archive are administered by various publishers, record labels, collectors, estates, and other rights holders. Any uses, commercial or not, must be cleared by the specific rights holders. For questions regarding the use of any material on the LDA, please contact Permissions.
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Oh Freedom
So Soon I'll Be At Home
Hand Me Down the Silver Trumpet
Going On Up the Shiny Way
Field hollers
Alphabet toast
Way High Up

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