The Natchez Theater Fire Disaster

Audio file

Date recorded: July 23, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Haffer, Charles, Jr.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis
Subject(s):
Genre: topical song
Instruments: voice
Setting: Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home
Location: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS6623
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: 6623B2
Note: Followed by discussion of the song, its publication, and dissemination, and Haffer's intentions as a songwriter. "To warn the people - the uncoverted." Brief talk on damnation and other disaster songs. Sings brief fragment of topical piece, "Storm of '42" (see 6624A1).
Transcript:
Belongs to: Clarksdale 8/42
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