Green Sally Up

Audio file
Date recorded: September 21, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Towns, Ida Mae; Performer: Pratcher, Jessie Lee; Performer: Gardner, Mattie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: children's song, play song, game song
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: The home of Miles Pratcher
Location: Como, Panola County, Mississippi, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T895
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: T895R02
Belongs to: Como II 9/59
About the session: The Pratcher brothers, Miles and Bob, perform old-time string band tunes, breakdowns, and reels on Miles Pratcher's porch. Includes play songs by Pratcher grandchildren and their friends, as well as the first recordings of Miles' neighbor, Fred McDowell.
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