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Date recorded: August 9, 1933 to August 10, 1933
Contributor(s): Performer: Scrap Iron; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: holler
Instruments: voice, percussion
Setting: Camp C, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
Language: English
Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS1864
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 1864B1
Note: Preceded by announcement: "This is the way I rap the boys up at Camp 3 every morning. Parchman, Mississippi. My name is Scrap Iron." His pronunciation of his name led John Lomax to identify him as "Crap Eye" but, given the percussion he employs for this "shack-rousting" song, it is clear why he was so-called.
Technical Note: P/S correction to -2.04 / 88.8%
Transcript:
Belongs to: Parchman Farm 8/33
About the session: The first of the Lomax recordings made at Parchman Farm—songs and hollers recorded in several of the penitentiary's camps.
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