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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 | subject_hfilter | instrument_hfilter | city_hfilter | state_hfilter | setting_hfilter |
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Stories of Jefferson Davis and Isaiah T. Montgomery | 4777A | George Johnson Jr. | 9/2/1941 | oral history, story | vocal | Mound Bayou | Mississippi | Stories of Jeff Davis and Isaiah T. Montgomery. Johnson was born a slave at Davis’s Hurricane Plantation. Primary interviewer is Lewis Jones. | www.loc.gov/resource/afc2004004.ms070317/?sp=34 | johnsong | vocal | mound-bayou | mississippi | |||||
The Buzzard Eats the Rabbit | 6609B1 | Turner S. Johnson Jr. (Turner Junior Johnson) | 7-19-1942 | joke, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | turnerjunior | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | |||||||
The Hawk and the Buzzard | 6609B2 | Turner S. Johnson Jr. (Turner Junior Johnson) | 7-19-1942 | joke, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | turnerjunior | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | |||||||
The Ugliest Animal, the Baboon | 6626B3 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
Big Mosquitos | 6626B4 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Man Who Walked On the Water Like Christ | 6626B5 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The White Doctor and His Servant | 6626B6 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
John (Jack) Guesses What's Under the Pot | 6627A2 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | Preceded by explanation of previous story. Buck Asa identifies the protagonist as both John and Jack. | buckasa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | ||||
The Preacher and His Hogs (part 1) | 6627A4 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | buckasa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Preacher and His Hogs (part 2) | 6627B1 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | buckasa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Preacher Who Could Always Be Trapped By Pussy | 6627B3 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | buckasa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Woman Who Couldn't Count | 6627B4 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Lady and Her Three Daughters | 6627B5 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
Bring Me My Duck | 6627B6 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | Disc cuts out before the story ends. | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | ||||
White Man, Jew, and a Negro Go to Heaven | 6628A2 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Ox and the Mule | 6628A3 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
The Jew and the Irishman at the Cemetery | 6628A4 | M.C. Orr | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | Lewis Jones wonders aloud how the joke “made it down here.” | orr | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | ||||
Three Suitors Who Were Fast Men | 6630A1 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
The Foolish Boy and the Preachers | 6630A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
Greensnake | 6630A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#1) | 6631A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#2) | 6631A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Followed by discussion of animal stories. | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
Three Sons Look for Their Fortune | 6631A4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
The Woman Who Never Had No Man | 6631A5 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
The Preacher and the Deacon's Wife | 6631B3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
The Devil Counts Souls In the Graveyard | 6631B6 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||||
Man Runs Away from the Gunshot | 6632A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Lawyer, the Bookkeeper, and the Tramp Go to Mary | 6632A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Chicken Stealin' Man | 6632A4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Queen of Africa (#1) | 6632A7 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Possibly so entitled to obscure the bawdy content – there is no mention of Africa in the story. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||
Shine and the Titanic (#1) | 6632A8 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Queen of Africa (#2) | 6632B1 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Possibly so entitled to obscure the bawdy content – there is no mention of Africa in the story. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||
Shine and the Titanic (#2) | 6632B2 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Following the recitation, King gives his age as 28 and says he lives nearby. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | |||
The Railroad Men Go to Town | 6632B5 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Animals Have A Convention | 6632B6 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
The Lady Washing at the Spring | 6632B7 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | buck hopson | ||||
Story of the rabbit and the buzzard | 6654B1 | Will Starks | 8-9-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | Identified on AFS card as “Buzzard Gets Rabbit In A Hollow Log.” | willstarks | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi | ||||||
Interview about ghosts | 6654B2 | Lewis Jones, Will Starks | 8-9-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Mississippi | lewis willstarks | vocal | clarksdale | mississippi |