Down In Tennessee Valley
Title
Down In Tennessee Valley
Digital Object
Performer
Lewis, Henrietta
Lewis, Roberta
Date Recorded
1937-10-23
AFS Number
1561A1
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Likely learned from the 1928 Emry Arthur record (originally composed as "Down In the Lehigh Valley by William W. Delaney, c. 1880). Identified as Henrietta and Ernestine Wilson on AFS card
names here announced by E.L. Harold on disc. Harold also announces the site of the session as Wrigley, Ky., seven miles north of West Liberty, although W.L. appears on AFS card. Guitar arbitrarily assigned.
Genre
lyric song
popular country song
Instrumentation
vocal
guitar
State
Kentucky
County
Morgan
Town
Wrigley
Collection
Citation
“Down In Tennessee Valley,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 28, 2023, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1088.