Peg And Awl

General Information
Performer: Carolina Tar Heels

Instrumentation: Harmonica & Guitar-Garley Foster, Banjo-Doc Walsh, Guitar- Clarence Ashley

Date of recording: 1928

Record label: Victor

Serial #:V-40007A

Performer: Kelly Harrell

Instrumentation: Banjo

Date of recording: 1925

Record label: Okeh

Serial #:40544

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT HITS SHOE INDUSTRY INDUSTRY IN THE YEAR 18 AND 4." (4)

Information On This Song
This song has been commercially recorded several times, but there isn't much information on it otherwise. A version of this song is given in Bascom Lamar Lunsford's 30 And 1 Folk Songs From The Southern Mountains under the title: "The Ruint Cobbler" (30). The tune and the structure of the song is very similar to that of a Spiritual.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962
 * Southern Journey
 * Worried Blues
 * Kelly Harrell Vol. 1 (1925-1926
 * Mountain Frolic
 * Look Who’s Coming!

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