The Knoxville Girl
Title
The Knoxville Girl
Performer
Steele, Lillie
Steele, Pearl
Steele, Pete
Date Recorded
1938-03-29
AFS Number
1709A
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/004
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
In discussion following, Mrs. Steele recalls learning the song from the Snell boys in Whitley Co. Identified as "The Knoxville Girl" on AFS card, although beginning is cut off and no other reference to a Knoxville girl is made in the song.
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
banjo
State
Ohio
County
Butler
Town
Hamilton
Collection
Citation
“The Knoxville Girl,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 24, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/162.