The Cuckoo

Audio file

Date recorded: August 31, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Gaines, Mrs. Joseph A.; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: lyric song
Instruments: voice
Setting: At the home of Genevieve W. Chandler
Location: Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States
Physical form: Acetate Disc
Tape number: 832
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: 832A1
Note: Mrs. Gaines' given name was not recorded. She was visiting Mrs. Chandler from Glasgow, Kentucky.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Murrells Inlet 8/36
About the session: Sacred songs and topical pieces performed at the Murrells Inlet home of folklorist Genevieve Chandler, and preaching, hymns, and worship service from two local churches, Jerusalem Baptist and Heaven’s Gate Methodist. (Performances from the churches suffer frequent overmodulation.)
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