Berta (I)

Audio file

Date recorded: September 19, 1959 to September 20, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Edwards, John; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: prison song, work song

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: axe(s), voice

Setting: Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)

Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T885

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: T885R01

Note: Alan Lomax: "Axes; good stereo, puton leader; katydids. Not good tune; good work song."

Belongs to: Parchman 9/59 (Camp B)

About the session: Work songs and hollers recorded at Camp B at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman Farm.

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