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Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	subject_hfilter	genre_hfilter	instrument_hfilter	city_hfilter	county_hfilter	state_hfilter
Three Suitors Who Were Fast Men	6630A1	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Foolish Boy and the Preachers	6630A2	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Greensnake	6630A3	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Interview about storytelling, his biography, Bud Doggett, and tough guys	6630A4	Alan Lomax, Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Discussion of learning the preceding story from a Walter Hutton, storytelling style, his own biography, the late plantation manager Bud Doggett, tough guys (including a Jack Devil).		lomax asa	spoken	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6631A1	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		The LC Recording Lab identifies four separate bands before the music begins on this disc side. They are here condensed into one for the purposes of this catalog.	n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#1)	6631A2	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#2)	6631A3	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Followed by discussion of animal stories.		asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Three Sons Look for Their Fortune	6631A4	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Woman Who Never Had No Man	6631A5	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Get Up In the Morning Soon (fragment)	6631A6	Asa Ware	7-25-1942	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy	lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	lyric-song reel	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Get Up In the Morning Soon	6631A7	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	lyric-song reel	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Casey Jones	6631A8	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	lyric-song reel	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Levee camp song (#1)	6631B1	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	holler	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Toast on Mr. Chatmon and Bud Doggett	6631B2	Will Starks	7-25-1942		spoken, toast	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Identified as “Toast on Bud Doggett,” but the toast – which Starks attributes to Howard Spann – has more to do with a Mr. Chatmon’s breaking up moonshining operations.		willstarks	spoken toast	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Preacher and the Deacon's Wife	6631B3	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Levee camp song (#2)	6631B4	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	holler	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Levee camp song (#3)	6631B5	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	holler	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Devil Counts Souls In the Graveyard	6631B6	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			asa	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6632A1	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Man Runs Away from the Gunshot	6632A2	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	asa	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Lawyer, the Bookkeeper, and the Tramp Go to Mary	6632A3	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	asa	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Chicken Stealin' Man	6632A4	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	asa	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6632A5	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6632A6	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Queen of Africa (#1)	6632A7	O.C. King	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	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	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Shine and the Titanic (#1)	6632A8	O.C. King	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	king	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6632A9	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		The LC Recording Lab identifies three separate bands concluding this disc side. They are here condensed into one for the purposes of this catalog.	n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Queen of Africa (#2)	6632B1	O.C. King	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	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	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Shine and the Titanic (#2)	6632B2	O.C. King	7-25-1942		spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	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	spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
[Blank]	6632B3	N/A	7-25-1942		N/A	N/A	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			n-a	n-a	n-a	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Toast about preachers	6632B4	O.C. King	7-25-1942		spoken, toast	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Identified on AFS card as “Preacher and the Lady.”	SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	king	spoken toast	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Railroad Men Go to Town	6632B5	Will Starks	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	willstarks	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Animals Have A Convention	6632B6	Will Starks	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	willstarks	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
The Lady Washing at the Spring	6632B7	Will Starks	7-25-1942		joke, spoken, story	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation		SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	willstarks	joke spoken story	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Stewball	6632B8	Will Starks	7-25-1942	Skewball	ballad	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Lomax volunteers verses that Starks doesn’t know. Followed by discussion of his father singing and fiddling the song; Lomax fishes for “Barbara Allen” and “Frankie and Albert.”	SC to -0.75 / 95.9%	willstarks	ballad	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Frankie and Albert (#1)	6633A1	Will Starks	7-25-1942		ballad	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation	Starks says he learned this on a sawmill job in 1910.	SC to -0.76 / 95.6%	willstarks	ballad	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi
Frankie and Albert (#2)	6633A2	Will Starks	7-25-1942		ballad	vocal	Clarksdale	Coahoma	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation			willstarks	ballad	vocal	clarksdale	coahoma	mississippi

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