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| Listen Now | Title | File Number | Subjects | Recording Date | Alt Title | Genres | Instruments | Cities | State | Setting | Editor Note | Technical Note | Online Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Got To Roll (I) | 6610B2 | David (Honeyboy) Edwards | 7-20-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Identified by Lomax as a “chain gang song.” | |||||
| You Got To Roll (II) | 6610B3 | David (Honeyboy) Edwards | 7-20-1942 | blues, holler | guitar, vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Followed by discussion of song’s origins and some of the lyrics, including Lomax asking Edwards why he changed the lyrics for the recording from “white folks” to “baby.” Also about his musician father and his repertoire. | |||||
| Cornfield holler (#1) | 6629A6 | Charles Berry | 7-24-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | ||||||
| Cornfield holler (#2) | 6629B4 | Charles Berry | 7-24-1942 | holler | vocal | Stovall | Mississippi | Followed by discussion about song, which he learned from his brother. End is compromised by disc noise. | |||||
| Levee camp song (#1) | 6631B1 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | |||||
| Levee camp song (#2) | 6631B4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | |||||
| Levee camp song (#3) | 6631B5 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | |||||
| Levee camp holler (#2) | 6646A3 | Lewis (Belly) Bell | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | Identified on AFS card with first line: “Got Me ‘Cused of ‘Forgin’.” Followed by interview with Lewis Jones about song, which he first heard in a levee camp in Arkansas. | |||||
| Levee camp (muleskinner) holler | 6646A4 | Lewis (Belly) Bell | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | Marred by skips. | |||||
| T.P. Running, Smokestack Drag the Ground | 6646B4 | Lewis (Belly) Bell | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | ||||||
| Unidentified holler | 6646B5 | Lewis (Belly) Bell | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | ||||||
| Hey, Hey Captain (Levee camp holler) (part 1) | 6646B6 | William Henderson | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | Y/ | |||||
| Hey, Hey Captain (Levee camp holler) (part 2) | 6646B7 | William Henderson | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | ||||||
| Levee camp holler (#2) | 6647A1 | Lewis (Belly) Bell | 8-4-1942 | holler | vocal | Sherard | Mississippi | Followed by extended stretch of blank disc. | |||||
| Interview about Georgia Skin and gambling / Jack O' Diamonds | 6649B | Alan Lomax, Houston Bacon, Lewis Jones | 8-8-1942 | holler, spoken | guitar, vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Delta Tourist Camp | Discussion of gambling and hustling cards interspersed with singing of “Jack O’ Diamonds” and assorted floating verses. Band begins with idle guitar picking. Band ends with a woman’s voice: “I wouldn’t let those boys sit on the bed.” Identified by Lomax as the Delta Tourist Camp (suggested by Chris Smith to be the Delta Tourist Courts • 1600 N. State St. in Clarksdale) | ||||
| Levee Camp Blues (#1) | 6667A2 | Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | http://Source audio from LWO/ | ||||
| Interview about Levee Camp Blues (#1) | 6667A3 | Alan Lomax, Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | |||||
| Levee Camp Blues (#2) | 6667B1 | Charles Berry | 7-30-1942 | blues, holler | vocal | Coahoma | Mississippi | Coahoma County Agricultural High School | Followed by Lomax interview about Forrest Jones’ levee camp in Arkansas. |