Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942

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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942

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Item Title

Right Back in Jail Again

Alternate Title(s)

Chaingang Theme Song

Author/Creator

Performer: Griffin, James

Created/Published

August 19, 1939

Notes

duration: 1 minute, 50 seconds
The singer, a 21-year-old Tennessee-born turpentine worker at Putnam Lumber Company, composed this song when imprisoned at the Dixie County Prison Camp.

Subjects

African Americans
vocals
Ethnography
Music
Narratives
Interviews
Blues songs
Office of the Aycock & Lindsey Turpentine Camp
Cross City, Florida
Dixie County

Object Type

sound recording

Related Names

Collector: Kennedy, Stetson
Collector: Cook, Robert
Speaker: Kennedy, Stetson
Speaker: Griffin, James

Medium

sound recording

Language

English

Call Number

AFS 3527A:2

Part of

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942

Digital ID

afcflwpa 3527a2
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3527a2

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Record made August 19, 1939 in the office of the Aycock & Lindsey turpentine camp, Cross City, Florida. [Textual Transcription]