Lady Gay (part 2)
Title
Lady Gay (part 2)
Digital Object
Alternate Titles
Three Little Babes
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
AFS Number
2581B
AFC Collection
AFC 1939/012
AFC Collection Name
Alan Lomax recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Followed by discussion. Molly explains she learned the song from her stepmother
that the babes in the song died of yellow fever that ""struck into the schools.""
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
State
New York
County
New York
Town
New York (Ny.)
Citation
“Lady Gay (part 2),” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 20, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1438.