Audio file

Date recorded: August 9, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Starks, Will; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis

Subject(s):

Genre: coon song, minstrel song, lyric song

Instruments: voice

Location: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States

Tape number: AFS6650

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: 6650B2

Note: Followed by discussion about learning the song (c. 1914), and its popularity.

Technical Note: Preceded by stretch of blank disc and test segment.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Clarksdale 8/42

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