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Date recorded: July 23, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Orr, M.C.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis
Subject(s):
Genre: recitation
Instruments: voice
Setting: Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home
Location: Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS6626
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: 6626B2
Note: Orr recites a monologue from a tent show in which he performed. Identified as "opening routine in show" on AFS card. The section on the preacher and the bear was issued under that name on "The Land Where the Blues Began," Rounder CD 1861, 2002.
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Belongs to: Clarksdale 8/42
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