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1984-RR-360 cont.

LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Carolyn Ware
REEL NUMBER: 7 of 7
STAGE: Aging Narr.
DATE: 7/1/84
PRESENTOR: Nick Spitzer
GROUP NAME: Clifford Blake / "Calling the Cotton Press"
REGION/STYLE: Northern Louisiana [[crossed out]] Work Songs & Stories

[[2 column table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| Clifford Blake from Natchitoches Louisiana | singer/storyteller |

CONTENTS
1. Explanation of cotton press (N. Spitzer)
2. Story about how he got work (C. Blake)
3. Work song ("Sun Goin' To Shine...")
4. Following the cotton crop
5. "Cornbread Song"
6. "I Ain't Goin' To be a Poor Man..."
7. Bosses: "Boss Treat Me Like a Slave"
8. Riding on the press
9. Nicknames
10. Working the cotton press - stories
11. Superstition - voodoo & spirits
12. Story about bull
13. Brer' Rabbit story