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Title Negro work songs and calls [sound recording] / edited by B. A. Botkin.

Imprint [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, Music Division, Recording Laboratory, [1959].

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Eva Jessye Collection  782.42162 N512    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.
Series Folk music of the United States
Contents Unloading rails -- Tamping ties -- Heaving the lead line -- Mississippi sounding call, 2 versions -- Arwhoolie (cornfield holler) -- Quittin' time songs, 2 versions -- Mealtime call -- Possum was an evil thing -- Come on, boys, and let's go to huntin' -- Old Rattler -- Go down, old Hannah -- Hammer, ring -- I wonder what's the matter -- Roll' im on down -- The Rock Island Line -- Track-lining song.
Event Recorded originally at various places, 1933-1940.
Subject African Americans -- Music.
Work songs.
Added Author Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975
Archive of American Folk Song.
Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory.
Music No. AAFS L8 Library of Congress Recording Laboratory

 
    
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