The Rising Sun Blues

Title

The Rising Sun Blues

Digital Object

Performer

Henson, Dawson

Date Recorded

1937-10-13

AFS Number

1508B2

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

These later Henson recordings are given an estimated date and might have been recorded on October 11 with the others, and later dubbed to new discs at the Library of Congress.

Genre

lyric song

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Clay

Town

Botto
Billy's Branch

Citation

“The Rising Sun Blues,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/868.