Note: Discussion of the song, which is a version of Memphis Minnie's hit "Black Rat Swing" and which Lomax mishears as "Wretch." (Thus identified as "Youse One Little Wretch" in the field log.)
About the session: Hollers, work songs, and guitar blues recorded at the dairy camp of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman Farm.
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