Negro Prison Songs from the Mississippi State Penitentiary [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1947
name: label: producer
content: Lomax, Alan 1915-2002
notes: label: Notes
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."
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: Parchman (Miss.). 1947
label: Table of 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
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content: 101 Murder's Home
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content: 102 No More My Lawd
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content: 103 Old Alabama
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content: 104 Black Woman
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content: 105 Jumpin' Judy
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content: 106 Whoa Buck
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content: 107 Prettiest Train
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content: 108 Old Dollar Mamie
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content: 109 It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
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content: 201 Rosie
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content: 202 Levee Camp Holler
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content: 203 What Makes a Work Song Leader?
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content: 204 Early in the Morning
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content: 205 How I Got in the Penitentary
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content: 206 Tangle Eye Blues
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content: 207 Stagger Lee (Stackerlee)
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content: 208 Prison Blues
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
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
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Tradition.1020
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-0015
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in