General Information[]
Performer: Jim Jackson
Instrumentation: Guitar
Date of recording: 1928
Record label: Victor
Serial #:213878 (41827)
Summary[]
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "GOING BACK WHERE I COME FROM. WIFE DIED, LEFT BOUNTY, BLUE - TRUE. TREED POSSUM (IN/ON LOG, LIMB, NOAH'S ARK) HERE, RING, HERE. WHO HERE SINCE I GONE? GIRL WITH RED DRESS" (8)
Information On This Song[]
The tune of this Dance Song is traditional, but the words were (presumably) an original composition with the exception of the last part ("Who's been here since I've been gone?...").
Albums Featuring This Song[]
- The Anthology Of American Folk Music
- Jim Jackson Vol. 1