13 - Songs and stories for Halloween

Been All Around This World by Association for Cultural Equity

Oct 25, 20211:08:46Music

[Bed music:] Sid Hemphill and band: The Death March ( Quitman Co., Mississippi, August 1942 ). Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Hoskins: Ah, Lovely Appearance of Death ( Horse Creek, Clay Co., Kentucky, October 1942 ) Bessie Jones: Oh De...

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