Working's Too Hard, Boys (part 1)
Title
Working's Too Hard, Boys (part 1)
Digital Object
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
AFS Number
1596A2
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
AFS card has "Rye Whiskey" in parentheses. although there is just a bit of lyric similarity and it doesn't share its tune. Card also credits Mullins with a banjo, but the song is unaccompanied.
Genre
lyric song
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
County
Magoffin
Town
Salyersville
Is Referenced by
Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 1930s. Edited by Richard Nevins and Charles Wolfe. [S.1.]: Yazoo, 2200, 2003. Set of 7 CD's. (Includes recordings from the collection.)
Reviews:
Blech, Kerry. Old-Time Herald 9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
Pareles, Jon. New York Times. November 30, 2003.
Pekar, Harvey. Austin Chronicle. April 4, 2003.
Reviews:
Blech, Kerry. Old-Time Herald 9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
Pareles, Jon. New York Times. November 30, 2003.
Pekar, Harvey. Austin Chronicle. April 4, 2003.
Collection
Citation
“Working's Too Hard, Boys (part 1),” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1206.