Negro Prison Songs from the Mississippi State Penitentiary
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-LP-0015

Tradition.1020
label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: New York Tradition
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: Parchman (Miss.). 1947
label: General
content: Work songs and blues recorded, edited and annotated by the editor. Program notes by the editor on container and text ([14] l.) inserted. Performer(s): Composed and performed by various Negro prisoners. Production notes: "Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1947 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi."
name: label: Recorder
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
label: Field worker
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
label: Producer
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Parchman (Miss.)
label: Place
content: Mississippi
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Prisoners' songs
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: African Americans
creator: label: Recorder
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
label: Field worker
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
label: Producer
content: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
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-0015
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Murder's home --No more, my Lawd --Old Alabama --Black woman --Jumpin' Judy --Whoa, Buck --Prettiest train --Old dollar Mamie --It makes a long time man feel bad --Rosie -- Levee Camp holler --What makes a work song leader? -- Early in the mornin' --How I got in the penitentiary --Tangle eye blues --Stackerlee --Prison blues.
label: Track Information
content: 101 Murder's Home.

102 No More My Lawd.

103 Old Alabama.

104 Black Woman.

105 Jumpin' Judy.

106 Whoa Buck.

107 Prettiest Train.

108 Old Dollar Mamie.

109 It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad.

201 Rosie.

202 Levee Camp Holler.

203 What Makes a Work Song Leader?

204 Early in the Morning.

205 How I Got in the Penitentary.

206 Tangle Eye Blues.

207 Stagger Lee (Stackerlee).

208 Prison Blues.