Audio file

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

Subject(s):

Genre: sacred song

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

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

Language: English

Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS0622

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: 0622B1

Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 4/36

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

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