Prison Worksongs: Angola Prison, Louisiana
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: Louisiana Folklore Society.A-5; Arhoolie.2012

FW-ASCH-LP-0998
label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: Louisiana Folklore Society
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: 1959.
label: General
content: Program notes by Harry Oster on container; additional notes and lyrics ([23] p.) inserted. Performer(s): Work songs; various performers. Production notes: Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La. in 1959.
name: label: Recorder
content: Oster, Harry
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Louisiana
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Prisoners' songs
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: African Americans
creator: label: Recorder
content: Oster, Harry
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-0998
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Berta --Take this hammer --Stewball --5 long years for one man --Alberta let your bangs grow long --I had 5 long years -- Early in the mornin' --All teamed up in Angola's mule lot --I got a hurtin' in my right side --Let your hammer ring --Cleaning this highway --John Henry --Something within me --Jesus cares.