The Hanging of Ed Helkins
Title
The Hanging of Ed Helkins
Digital Object
Performer
Pace, Eliza
Date Recorded
1937-09-28
AFS Number
1439A
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Identified on AFS card as "The Hanging of Henry Hoskins" but Ms. Pace gives the subject's name as Ed Helkins following the performance.
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
Setting
Mrs. Lewis' hotel room
State
Kentucky
County
Leslie
Town
Hyden
Collection
Citation
“The Hanging of Ed Helkins,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/639.