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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 7 : Miscellaneous Papers and Notes, Mummers Plays and American Songs
Packet 3 : American Songs
Folder 164 : American Songs - C

Page 11419- 11420 : John Henry [song text] Olive Greenawalt (contributor), 1410 Primrose Ave, Huntinton, W. Va.

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

John Henry

Contributor

Olive Greenawalt

Place

1410 Primrose Ave, Huntinton, W. Va.

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 11419- 11420

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song

First line

When John Henry was a little babe

12 stanzas

Contextual Notes

Song contributed by Irene Perry, Branchland, W. Va.

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