General Information[]
Performer: William and Versey Smith
Instrumentation: Tambourine- Versey Smith, Guitar- William Smith
Date of recording: 1927
Record label: Paramount
Serial #: 12505B (4685-728)
Summary[]
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "MANUFACTURER[']S PROUD DREAM DESTROYED AT SHIPWRECK. SEGREGATED POOR DIE FIRST." (6)
Information On This Song[]
This ballad is a rendition 'The Titanic (song)'.
Albums Featuring This Song[]
- The Anthology Of American Folk Music
- This Land Is Your Land (album)
- People Take Warning!
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice (album
- The Songster Tradition
- Titanic Songs
- Songs Of War And History
- Country Blues Obscurities
- American Primitive