Frankie

General Information
Performer: Mississippi John Hurt

Instrumentation: Guitar

Date of recording: 1928

Record label: Okeh

Serial #: 8560 (W400221)

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "ALBERT DIES PREFERRING ALICE FRY, BUT JUDGE FINDS FRANKIE CHARMING AT LATTER'S TRIAL." (5)

Information On This Song
This Ballad is a rendition of Frankie And Albert.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * 1928 Sessions
 * The Greatest In Country Blues
 * My Rough And Rowdy Ways (album)
 * Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice (album)
 * It Hurt's In The Delta
 * The Greatest Songsters
 * Blues At Newport
 * Avalon Blues (album)
 * Columbia Original Masters (John Hurt)
 * Candy Man Blues (album)
 * Shake 'em On Down (album)
 * Stack 'O Lee Blues (album)
 * Folk, Gospel, And Blues
 * News & The Blues

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