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Series III: Sound Recordings (continued)
AFS 06625
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Performed by E. M. Martin and recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at the Nelson Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Side A
1. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone, July 23, 1942
2. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone, July 23, 1942
3. Funeral customs, July 23, 1942
Side B
1. Funeral customs (continued), July 23, 1942
2. Job, a memorial sermon, July 23, 1942
AFS 06626
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at the Nelson Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Side A
Job, a memorial sermon (continued), July 23, 1942
Performed by E. M. Martin.
Side B
1. Opening routine in show (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
2. The Ugliest Animal, the Baboon (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
3. The Big Mosquitoes (story), July 23, 1942
Unidentified performer.
4. The Man who Walked the Water Liked Christ (story), July 23, 1942
Unidentified performer.
5. The White Doctor and his Servants (story), July 23, 1942
Unidentified performer.
AFS 06627
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at the Nelson Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Side A
Performed by "Buck Asa" Ulysses Jefferson.
1. John Loses the Race (story), July 23, 1942
2. John (Jack) Guesses What is Under the Pot (story), July 23, 1942
3. John and the Lord (story), July 23, 1942
4. The Preacher and his Hogs (story), July 23, 1942
Side B
1. The Preacher and his Hogs (story, concluded), July 23, 1942
Performed by "Buck Asa" Ulysses Jefferson.
2. The Swift Peter (story), July 23, 1942
Unidentified performer.
3. The Preacher Who Always Could Be Trapped, by Pussy (story), July 23, 1942
Unidentified performer.
4. The Women Who Couldn't Count (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
5. The Lady and Her Three Daughters (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
6. Bring Me My "Duck" (story, incomplete), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
AFS 06628
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Side A Tracks 1-3 recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at the Nelson Funeral Home in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Side A Tracks 6-8 and Side B recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones in Stovall, Mississippi.
Side A
1. White Man, Jew and Negro Go to Heaven (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
2. The Ox and Mule (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
3. The Jew and the Irishman at the Cemetery (story), July 23, 1942
Performed by M.C. Orr.
4. Test
5. Test
6. Ramblin' Kid Blues, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), Percy Thomas, Son Simms, and Louis Ford.
7. Rosalie, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters, Percy Thomas, Son Simms, and Louis Ford.
8. Joe Turner Blues, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), Percy Thomas, Son Simms, and Louis Ford.
Side B
1. Pearlie May Blues, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), Percy Thomas, Son Simms, and Louis Ford.
2. Take a Walk with Me, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters and Son Simms.
3. Burr Clover Blues, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield).
AFS 06629
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones in Stovall, Mississippi.
Side A
1. I Be Bound to Write to You, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) and Charles Berry.
2. I Be Bound to Write to You, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters and Charles Berry.
3. You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Dead and Gone, July 24, 1942
Performed by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield).
4. Corn Field Holler, July 24, 1942
Performed by Charles Berry.
5. Pitch Pipe, July 24, 1942
Side B
1. Cornfield Holler, July 24, 1942
Performed by Charles Berry.
2. Test
3. Joe Turner Blues, July 24, 1942
Performed by Son Simms.
4. Test
AFS 06630
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Performed by Asa Ware and recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at Hobson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Side A
1. Three Suitors Who Were Fast Men (story), July 25, 1942
2. The Foolish Boy and the Preachers (story), July 25, 1942
3. Greensnake (story), July 25, 1942
4. Interview Bud Doggett, July 25, 1942
Side B
Tests
AFS 06631
Side A
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Performed by Asa Ware and recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at Hobson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
1. Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbitt (story), 1942
2. Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbitt (story), 1942
3. Three Sons Look for their Fortunes (story), 1942
4. The Woman Who Never Had No Man (story), 1942
5. Git up in the Mornin' Soon, 1942
6. Casey Jones (fragment), 1942
Side B
Digital ID: afc1941002_afs06631b
1. Levee Camp Song, 1942
2. Bud Doggett Toast, 1942
Performed by Will Starks.
3. Preacher and the Lady, 1942
4. Levee Camp Song, 1942
5. Levee Camp Song, 1942
6. Levee Camp Song, 1942
7. The Devil Counts Souls in the Graveyard, 1942
AFS 06632
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