Lady Gay (part 2)
Dublin Core
Title
Lady Gay (part 2)
Alan Lomax Recording Item Type Metadata
Digital Object
Alternate Titles
Three Little Babes
Performer
Jackson, Aunt Molly
Date Recorded
1939-27-05
AFS Number
2581B
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 May 21, 2026, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1438.