Big-Leg Rosie

Big-Leg Rosie

- United States -- Mississippi -- Sunflower County -- Parchman
- Music
- Songs
- Work songs

- Group of convicts
- Venue: State Penitentiary, Camp #1
- Performance Note: "Rosie" performed by Unidentified performers (vocals) at State Penitentiary, Camp #1, Parchman, Mississippi, on May 24, 1939.

Unidentified performers (Performer)

John and Ruby Lomax 1939 southern states recording trip (AFC 1939/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

May 24, 1939

Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948 (Collector)
Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) (Collector)

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MP3

English

Music
Songs
Work songs

AFC 1939/001: AFS 02681a01
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcss39.2681a1

sound disc : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

2:09 minutes