Songs with Abolitionist themes are occasionally heard in Appalachia, where loyalties were deeply divided during the Civil War. This Victorian weeper was one of two pieces recorded by this group from Marion, Virginia at the second Victor Bristol session.
The Smyth County Ramblers, Jack Pierce, vocal, fiddle; Carol Cruise, vocal, guitar; Malcolm Worley, guitar; Weldon Reedy, banjo.
Bristol TN 10/27/28 Victor V-40144
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