Alan Lomax – Negro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State Penitentiary
Tracklist
- 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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Notes
Collection of work songs and blues recorded in 1947 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi.
Includes booklet of commentary and lyrics.
Credits as presented in the booklet:
Side A Band 1: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 2: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 3: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 4: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 5: Sung by Tangle Eye, Fuzzie Red, Hard Hair and others
Side A Band 6: Sung by C.B
Side A Band 7: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 8: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 9: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side B Band 1: Sung by C.B. with ten others with axes
Side B Band 2: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 3: Not documented
Side B Band 4: Sung by "22", Little Red, Tangle Eye and Hard Hair
Side B Band 5: Not documented
Side B Band 6: Sung by Tangle Eye
Side B Band 7: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 8: Sung by Alex