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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
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Item Title
John Henry
Author/Creator
Performer: Hazelhurst, Harold B.
Created/Published
June 18, 1939
Notes
duration: 2 minutes, 33 seconds
The singer, born in Georgia and reared in Florida, learned the song from workers driving spikes when a waterboy, aged 15-16, on a logging camp railroad in middle Florida. The song always had the same tune but the verses would vary.
Subjects
African Americans
vocals
Ethnography
Music
Railroad work songs
Work songs
Federal Music Project Office
Jacksonville, Florida
Duval County
Object Type
Related Names
Collector: Halpert, Herbert
Collector: [Kennedy, Stetson]
Speaker: Hazelhurst, Harold B.
Speaker: Halpert, Herbert
Medium
sound recording
Language
English
Call Number
AFS 3143A:2
Part of
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
Digital ID
afcflwpa 3143a2
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3143a2