Sully's Pail

Date recorded: 1961 to 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Paxton, Tom; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: ballad, mining song

Culture: Anglo-American, U.S. Pop

Instruments: guitar (acoustic), voice

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1026

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: T1026R03

Note: Written by Dick Giddons, this song was recorded and released by Tom Paxton on the album "Ain't That News." It commemorates the death of miner Jim Reilly, killed while rescuing a comrade. A copy of the text is on display in a mining museum in Bisbee, Arizona.

Belongs to: New York City 1961

About the session: These informal recordings of Tom Paxton are among the folksinger's first, and were made by Alan Lomax an at unspecified location in New York CIty. Pete Seeger was also on hand, and assisted in the recording.

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