Jimmy Randalls- Molly Jackson (KY) 1939 Lomax REC
[From Library of Congress recording 2576 A & B1, by Alan Lomax in New York City, New York on 05-1939. Titled (Jimmy Randalls) The Shooting of His Dear.
R. Matteson 2016]
Jimmy Randalls - sung by Aunt Molly Jackson from Clay County, Kentucky. Preface by a long story about how it was a warning to hunters- learned from her father.
Listen: https://archive.org/details/AFC19390122576A (part 1)
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Jimmy Randall went a-hunting
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Oh what shall I do oh what shall I say,
The day of his trial, Molly's ghost did appear,
Saying,"To the men of this jury, Jimmy Randall is clear,