The Linbergh Baby

Title

The Linbergh Baby

Digital Object

Performer

Hall, Arnie

Date Recorded

1937-09-09

AFS Number

1391A2

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

First sung, then recited. Composed and printed on broadsheet by Henry Hall. Arnie announces that he was from Gilly, in Letcher County.

Genre

topical song
ballad

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Harlan

Town

Pine Mountain

Citation

“The Linbergh Baby,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 24, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/472.