Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
Title
Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
Digital Object
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
AFS Number
2534B
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Discussion follows about her being framed and arrested in Clay Co. Identified as AFS 2535 in card catalog.
Genre
topical song
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
County
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
Is Referenced by
Originally:
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. Oak Publications, 1967. (Includes transcriptions of songs collected from Jim Garland, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt Molly Jackson.)
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. Oak Publications, 1967. (Includes transcriptions of songs collected from Jim Garland, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Aunt Molly Jackson.)
Currently:
Lomax, Alan, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-hit People. University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Citation
“Lonesome Jailhouse Blues,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1230.