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Series III: Sound Recordings (continued)
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
1 16 inch sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono.
Recorded by Alan Lomax and Lewis Jones at Hobson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Side A
Digital ID: afc1941002_afs06632a
Performed by Asa Ware.
1. Man Runs Away from the Gunshot (story), 1942
2. The Lawyer, Bookkeeper and the Tramp Go to Mary (story), 1942
3. The Chicken Stealin' Man (story), 1942
4. Test
Side B
Digital ID: afc1941002_afs06632b
1. The Queen of Africa, 1942
Performed by O.C. King.
2. Shine and the Titanic, 1942
Performed by O.C. King.
3. Toast about Preachers, 1942
Performed by O.C. King.
4. The Railroad Men Go to Town, 1942
Performed by Will Starks.
5. The Animals Have a Convention, 1942
Performed by Will Starks.
6. The Lady Washing at the Spring, 1942
Performed by Will Starks.
7. Stewball, 1942
8. Test
AFS 06633
Side A
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