Sinking rails and joining iron

Audio file

Date recorded: August 8, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Boykin, Elias; Performer: Bacon, Houston; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis
Subject(s):
Genre: work song, interview/commentary
Instruments: voice, percussion
Setting: Identified by Lomax as the Delta Tourist Camp (suggested by Chris Smith to be the Delta Tourist Courts, 1600 N. State St. in Clarksdale).
Location: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS6647
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: 6647B3
Note: Followed by discussion of track-laying.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Clarksdale 8/42
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