Let Me Fly

Audio file
Date recorded: June 10, 1939
Contributor(s): Performer: Owens, Robert; Performer: Owens, Edmond; Performer: Owens, Martha; Performer: Owens, Cecil; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song
Instruments: voice
Setting: At the home of Ben Robertson
Location: Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Physical form: Acetate Disc
Tape number: 2723
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: 2723A2
Belongs to: Clemson 6/39
About the session: Sacred pieces, play-party songs and children’s games sung by the Owens family, plus several spirituals performed by a quartet of WPA ditch-diggers led by Phil Butler, recorded at the home of the renowned journalist and memoirist Ben Robertson.
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