Junior, A Jap Skull's Christmas for His Santa Claus

Date recorded: July 16, 1942
Contributor(s): Performer: Blackwell, Willie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Jones, Lewis

Subject(s):

Genre: blues

Instruments: voice, guitar

Setting: At the home of Joe E. (Joey?) Banks, Sadie Beck Plantation

Language: English

Location: Arkansas, United States

Tape number: AFS6605

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: 6605B

Note: The entire title is transcribed on the AFC card as "Junion [sic], A Jap Girl's Christmas for His Santa Claus." This mangling, to quote Chris Smith, "result[s] from a misunderstanding of Blackwell's lyric, which refers to sending Junior 'a Jap's skull' [at] Christmas for his Santa Claus [gift]."

Technical Note: Performance followed by blank disc.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Sadie Beck Plantation 7/42

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