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Folk Song, "Cotton-Eyed Joe"

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip, the LOC audio collection - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html ([hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcss39.3802b1 direct link to file])

1939-05-03

Elmo Newcomer (performer)

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