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| Listen Now | Title | File Number | Subjects | Recording Date | Alt Title | Genres | Instruments | Cities | Counties | State | Setting | Editor Note | Technical Note | Online Resources | genre_hfilter | instrument_hfilter | city_hfilter | county_hfilter | state_hfilter | setting_hfilter |
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| John (Jack) Guesses What's Under the Pot | 6627A2 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | Preceded by explanation of previous story. Buck Asa identifies the protagonist as both John and Jack. | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | ||||
| John and the Lord | 6627A3 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | Jack story, spoken | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | jack-story spoken | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | 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 | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | 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 | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home | |||||
| Discussion of the Swift Peter (the dog killer) | 6627B2 | Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson | 7-23-1942 | spoken | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | Buck Asa briefly discusses the dog-killing “Swift Peter” with Lomax and Lewis Jones, the latter of whom asks if he’s familiar with the “axe man,” but the machine is stopped. | spoken | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | 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 | Coahoma | Mississippi | Back room of Nelson's Funeral Home | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | back-room-of-nelsons-funeral-home |