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Date recorded: August 12, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified girls; Performer: Harris, Ruby; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis
Subject(s):
Genre: play song, game song
Instruments: voice, clapping
Setting: Mohead Plantation
Location: Moon Lake, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
Tape number: AFS6669
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: 6669A6
Note: Followed by a description of (skipping) game. Group also likely includes Etherine Harris and Mary Lee Johnson. Ms. Harris (relation to Etherine unknown) is an adult and a teacher at the Coahoma County Agricultural High School. See those recordings for more of her songs.
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Belongs to: Moon Lake 8/42
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