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Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Genres	Instruments	Cities	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
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
The Buzzard Eats the Rabbit	6609B1	Turner S. Johnson Jr. (Turner Junior Johnson)	7-19-1942	joke, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi
The Hawk and the Buzzard	6609B2	Turner S. Johnson Jr. (Turner Junior Johnson)	7-19-1942	joke, story	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
Big Mosquitos	6626B4	M.C. Orr	7-23-1942	joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	Back room of Nelson's 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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.”
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
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
Greensnake	6630A3	Asa Ware	7-25-1942	spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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.”
Interview about ghosts	6654B2	Lewis Jones, Will Starks	8-9-1942	spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi

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