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Various Artists - Prison Songs, Volume 1: Murderous Home, Historical Recordings from Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm 1947-1948

Track listing:
  1. The Murderer's Home Jimpson and Group 0:50
  2. No More, My Lord Jimpson and Group 2:09
  3. Old Alabama B.B. and six others 3:03
  4. Black Woman B.B. and six others 2:55
  5. Jumpin' Judy (feat. Fuzzy Red, Hard Hair & others) Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson 4:18
  6. Whoa Buck C.B. 3:53
  7. Prettiest Train (feat. a group chopping weeds with hoes) "22" 3:46
  8. Old Dollar Mamie (feat. a group chopping weeds with hoes) "22" 3:29
  9. It Makes a Long Man Time Feel Bad (feat. axe group) "22" 2:43
  10. Rosie (feat. a group of ten men with axes) C.B. 3:09
  11. Levee Camp Holler Bama 2:50
  12. What Makes a Work Song Leader? Bama 2:06
  13. Early in the Mornin' (feat. Little Red, Tangle Eye & Hard Hair accompanied by double cutting axes) "22" 4:42
  14. How I Got in the Penitentiary Bama 1:23
  15. Tangle Eye Blues Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson 3:07
  16. Stackerlee Bama 4:08
  17. Prison Blues Alex 2:20

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