I Wonder Where My True Love Is

Title

I Wonder Where My True Love Is

Digital Object

Performer

Pace, Eliza

Date Recorded

1937-10-14

AFS Number

1515A2

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

Ms. Pace warns that the song, which has an AAAB structure, has "nigger language." Machine malfunctions two-thirds through the song, distorting and speeding up.

Genre

fiddle tune
lyric song
comic song

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Leslie

Town

Hyden

Citation

“I Wonder Where My True Love Is,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 29, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/891.