There Was A Man

Audio file

Date recorded: April 13, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Sims, Charlie; Performer: Dennis, Wash; Performer: Prowell, D.B.; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: children's song, cumulative song
Instruments: voice
Setting: Camp 8, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
Language: English
Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS0610
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 0610B
Note: Followed by announcement by John Lomax, referring to "three boys kind enough to give us a record of a beautiful children's song."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 4/36
About the session: John Lomax's second recording trip made to Parchman Farm.
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