Ulisses (Buck Asa) Jefferson

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Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note
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.
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
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
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
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.
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