The Wreck On the Somerset Road (part 1)

Title

The Wreck On the Somerset Road (part 1)

Digital Object

Performer

Begley, Justus

Date Recorded

1937-10-17

AFS Number

1532A2

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Genre

topical song
ballad

Instrumentation

vocal
banjo

State

Kentucky

County

Perry

Town

Hazard

Is Referenced by

Originally:
Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. The Macmillan Company, 1941.
(Includes transcriptions.)  

Currently as:
Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. Dover, 2000.

Citation

“The Wreck On the Somerset Road (part 1),” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 29, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/972.